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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Maldon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,694 approved · 1,035 refused · 135 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 2020 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
2 Aveley Way Maldon Essex CM9 6YQ
Received 17 Mar 2026Land Opposite 19 Saltcote Maltings Heybridge Essex
Received 17 Mar 2026Fairview 8 Kings Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EJ
Received 17 Mar 2026Land Adjacent Maldon Road Bradwell-On-Sea Essex
Received 10 Mar 2026Land North Of The Groves Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 18 Mar 20262 Spitfire Road Maldon Essex CM9 6GN
Received 18 Mar 2026Land North East Of Woodham Mortimer Lodge Lodge Road Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 18 Mar 2026Hoe Mill Lock The Causeway Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6RA
Received 18 Mar 20261 Ravendale Cottage Burnham Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6BX
Received 19 Mar 2026Churchside 1 Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EU
Received 19 Mar 202623 Lilian Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DS
Received 19 Mar 2026Little Braxted House Braxted Road Little Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3ED
Received 19 Mar 2026Mycenae School Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PT
Received 20 Mar 2026Mycenae School Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PT
Received 20 Mar 2026The White House Kelvedon Road Little Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3LE
Received 20 Mar 2026The Old School House 8 Hall Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EH
Received 20 Mar 202659 Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6EA
Received 20 Mar 2026116 High Street Maldon Essex
Received 20 Mar 2026Recreation Ground Top Road Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 23 Mar 2026The Old School House 8 Hall Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EH
Received 23 Mar 2026Rolls Farm 3 Prentice Hall Lane Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RW
Received 23 Mar 2026Maythorne The Endway Althorne Essex
Received 23 Mar 2026Tregarthen The Street Steeple Southminster Essex CM0 7LF
Received 23 Mar 20266 Margery Allingham Place Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8SJ
Received 24 Mar 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Maldon District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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