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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2,698 approved · 1,039 refused · 135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Commercial Section Opposite Carter Avenue Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 10 Apr 2026Downs Lodge 21 Downs Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HG
Received 10 Apr 2026Land North Of The Groves Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 13 Apr 2026Stondon The Avenue North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LZ
Received 13 Apr 2026Land North Of The Groves Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 13 Apr 2026Elwy Cottage Bassetts Lane Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4DA
Received 7 Apr 2026Grain Drying Unit Approximately 60 Metres South East Of Barn Listed QV 8 129 Hall Farm Hall Road Southminster Essex
Received 14 Apr 2026Friends Meeting House Butt Lane Maldon Essex CM9 5HD
Received 14 Apr 2026Land At Corner Of Fambridge Road And The Avenue North Fambridge Essex
Received 15 Apr 202613 Manor Way North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6YD
Received 16 Apr 2026New Commercial Building At Great Hayes Business Park Lower Burnham Road Stow Maries Essex
Received 17 Apr 2026Spar Hill Farm Chelmsford Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QP
Received 17 Apr 202614 Mead Pastures Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6PY
Received 17 Apr 2026Ancillary Building Hylands Rectory Road Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 17 Apr 2026Adalil 24 Volwycke Avenue Maldon Essex CM9 6DL
Received 17 Apr 2026Land At The Ranch Maldon Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 20 Apr 2026The Queens Head 1 The Hythe Maldon Essex CM9 5HN
Received 20 Apr 2026Farrows Barn Walton Hall Lane Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6TR
Received 20 Apr 2026Plume Library Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4PZ
Received 14 Apr 202657 Crescent Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4SJ
Received 20 Apr 2026Land Adjacent Pump House Catchpole Lane Great Totham Essex
Received 21 Apr 20268 Vicarage Close Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8UG
Received 21 Apr 2026South Menage At Chasefield Farm 64 Walden House Road Great Totham Essex
Received 21 Apr 2026Tesco Fullbridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LE
Received 21 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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