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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2,698 approved · 1,039 refused · 135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Hawthorns Brabant Road North Fambridge Essex
Received 11 Aug 202611 The Folly Tiptree Colchester Essex CO5 0RJ
Received 11 Aug 202639 Mill Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HX
Received 11 Aug 2026Store And Yard Tollesbury Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8UA
Received 12 Aug 2026Avalon 15B Mangapp Chase Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QQ
Received 13 Aug 2026Land At 20 To 24 Tait Mews Maldon Essex
Received 10 Aug 2026Nursery Building At Howells Farm Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 13 Aug 2026Cobbs Farm Maldon Road Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8BQ
Received 14 Aug 202623 Volwycke Avenue Maldon Essex CM9 6DL
Received 14 Aug 20266 Dorset Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JU
Received 14 Aug 2026Lloret 42 Chapel Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DA
Received 17 Aug 2026Oak House Tolleshunt D'arcy Road Tolleshunt Major Maldon Essex CM9 8LN
Received 17 Aug 2026Land West Of 8 Captains Wood Road Great Totham Essex
Received 17 Aug 2026Land Adjacent Pantile Hall Honeypot Lane Stow Maries Essex
Received 18 Aug 2026Bella's Italian Bistro 80 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 18 Aug 2026Baytree House High Street Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7QN
Received 18 Aug 2026Land At 32 Alexandra Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 19 Aug 2026Bransoms Barons Lane Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM9 6PF
Received 19 Aug 2026123 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5BS
Received 20 Aug 2026North Fambridge Hall Wood Lower Burnham Road North Fambridge Essex
Received 20 Aug 2026Car Park Morrisons Wycke Hill Maldon Essex
Received 20 Aug 2026Barclays 18 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 21 Aug 2026The Bell Public House The Street Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RF
Received 21 Aug 2026Land At 8 Hall Road Southminster Essex
Received 24 Aug 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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