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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2,698 approved · 1,039 refused · 135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Southern Plot Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 1 May 2026Land At 1 Imperial Avenue Mayland Essex
Received 1 May 20261 Staplers Heath Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NG
Received 1 May 20261 Staplers Heath Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NG
Received 1 May 202623 Beacon Hill Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3EA
Received 5 May 2026The Old Vicarage Crouchmans Farm Road Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6QX
Received 5 May 20265 Granville Close Great Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3FQ
Received 5 May 2026The Old Vicarage Crouchmans Farm Road Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6QX
Received 5 May 2026Land Adjacent To Limes Cottages Burnham Road Althorne Essex
Received 5 May 2026Camp Beaumont Maldon Road Mundon Essex
Received 5 May 2026Mackmurdos Beacon Hill Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3EA
Received 5 May 202661 North Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HJ
Received 5 May 2026Hedge End Stoney Hills Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QA
Received 6 May 2026Land Rear Of 7 To 9 King Edward Avenue Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 6 May 2026Belvedere House Belvedere Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AJ
Received 6 May 2026Woodham Mead Rectory Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RE
Received 6 May 2026Cricketers Cottage East End Road Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7PT
Received 6 May 2026Shipways Yard North Street Maldon Essex
Received 6 May 202669 East Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QE
Received 7 May 202669 East Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QE
Received 7 May 2026Land Between Grenfell And Inglenook Birchwood Road Purleigh Essex
Received 29 Apr 202610 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4PZ
Received 6 May 2026The Cottage Tillingham Road Asheldham Southminster Essex CM0 7NX
Received 7 May 2026Eves Cottage Southminster Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QE
Received 8 May 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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