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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2,698 approved · 1,039 refused · 135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Severn House The Street Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RF
Received 24 Aug 20268 Dunkirk Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8LF
Received 24 Aug 202661A West Avenue Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AE
Received 25 Aug 2026Land North West Of 2 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 26 Aug 2026Land Adjacent To 31 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 26 Aug 20262 Leigh Drive Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JS
Received 26 Aug 202635A North Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HH
Received 26 Aug 2026Roughways Farm Plains Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DT
Received 27 Aug 202644 Arcadia Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8EF
Received 27 Aug 2026Land Adjacent 15C Mangapp Chase Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 27 Aug 20263 Anchor Way North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6FY
Received 27 Aug 2026Collaroy Dreaming School Road Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8LD
Received 28 Aug 202626 Chapel Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JA
Received 28 Aug 2026Land North West Of 2 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 28 Aug 202617 Leslie Park Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8SY
Received 28 Aug 2026Land At Mayflower Nursery Mill Road Mayland Essex
Received 1 Sept 202610 Heron Way Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6TP
Received 1 Sept 2026Land South Of 97 South Street Tillingham Essex
Received 1 Sept 2026Land Opposite Mill Cottage Burnham Road Hazeleigh Essex
Received 1 Sept 2026Golf Driving Range Burnham Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SR
Received 26 Aug 2026Beeleigh Falls Abbey Turning Maldon Essex CM9 6LL
Received 26 Aug 2026Barn At Old Mill House Vineyard Hazeleigh Hall Lane Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 2 Sept 202611A Coombe Road Southminster Essex CM0 7AH
Received 25 Aug 2026Commercial Section Opposite Carter Avenue Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 3 Sept 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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