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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2,698 approved · 1,039 refused · 135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
South Menage At Chasefield Farm 64 Walden House Road Great Totham Essex
Received 24 Jul 2026Small Steps Day Care Little Wycke Farm Blind Lane Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6PS
Received 24 Jul 202653 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4QA
Received 27 Jul 2026Downhall Yard Downhall Road Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7QP
Received 27 Jul 2026Joette 26 Wellands Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NF
Received 27 Jul 20267A Grange Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LT
Received 27 Jul 2026Boucherne 30 Holloway Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4SQ
Received 27 Jul 2026Former Long View 2 Grange Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LT
Received 28 Jul 20268A Catchpole Lane Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PY
Received 28 Jul 20264 Oxley Hill Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8ES
Received 28 Jul 2026Burnham Hall Southminster Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QB
Received 28 Jul 2026Burnham Hall Southminster Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QB
Received 28 Jul 2026Land Adjacent Captains Wood Road Great Totham Essex
Received 28 Jul 2026Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 28 Jul 2026Offices Beckingham Business Park Beckingham Street Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 29 Jul 20266 McIntosh Way Maldon Essex CM9 6FB
Received 29 Jul 2026Oakfield Farm Hyde Chase Purleigh Essex
Received 29 Jul 202635 South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TJ
Received 29 Jul 20261 Pantile Hill Southminster Essex CM0 7BA
Received 22 Jul 20261 Pantile Hill Southminster Essex CM0 7BA
Received 23 Jul 2026Bullace Cottage Office Lane Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8JE
Received 30 Jul 2026Cheadle 37 Conduit Lane Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SZ
Received 30 Jul 2026Church Of All Saints Crouchmans Farm Road Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6QU
Received 30 Jul 202613 Norfolk Road Maldon Essex CM9 6AZ
Received 30 Jul 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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