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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Maldon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,698 approved · 1,039 refused · 135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thornberry Rectory Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RD
Received 31 Mar 2026Land Adjacent Caxton Pride Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 31 Mar 202629 Chapel Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TL
Received 31 Mar 2026Land Rear Of Pippins Kelvedon Road Great Totham Essex
Received 31 Mar 2026Southern Plot Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 31 Mar 2026Land North Of The Groves Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 1 Apr 2026Land Between Chandlers And Creeksea Lane Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 1 Apr 202619 North Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RQ
Received 2 Apr 202621 Abbotsmead Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4PT
Received 2 Apr 2026Land Between Beightons And Barrow Cottage Bassetts Lane Woodham Walter Essex
Received 2 Apr 2026Orchard Cottage Scotts Hill Southminster Essex CM0 7BE
Received 7 Apr 2026Tillingham Congregational Church Land At 599296 203532 Chapel Lane Tillingham Essex
Received 7 Apr 2026Land North Of The Groves Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 7 Apr 2026Land North Of The Groves Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 7 Apr 2026Land North Of The Groves Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 7 Apr 2026Outbuilding At The Chequers Inn 32 The Street Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 7 Apr 2026Land At Birchwood Farm Birchwood Road Cock Clarks Essex
Received 8 Apr 2026Land At Sextons Barn Sextons Lane Great Braxted Essex
Received 31 Mar 20267 The Green Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NF
Received 30 Mar 202693 Imperial Avenue Mayland Essex CM3 6AJ
Received 8 Apr 20266 Riverside Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JY
Received 9 Apr 2026Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 9 Apr 20263 Langford Meads Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4WF
Received 9 Apr 2026Bairstow Eves 20 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PJ
Received 10 Apr 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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