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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Maldon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,725 approved · 1,058 refused · 137 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Totham Hill House 1 Totham Hill Green Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DX
Received 14 Sept 2026101 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DD
Received 15 Sept 2026Land Adjacent 1 Hop Gardens Cottage Hop Garden Lane Woodham Walter Essex
Received 15 Sept 2026Amphitheatre The Promenade Park Park Drive Maldon Essex
Received 15 Sept 2026Land Adjacent Eastholm Latchingdon Road Purleigh Essex
Received 15 Sept 2026Jepcracks Barns Church Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NS
Received 21 Aug 2026Jepcracks Barns Church Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NS
Received 21 Aug 2026Willowherb House 81 Mountview Crescent St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7NR
Received 7 Sept 20268 Vicarage Close Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8UG
Received 17 Sept 2026Forge Cottage Hackmans Lane Cock Clarks Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RE
Received 17 Sept 2026Forge Cottage Hackmans Lane Cock Clarks Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RE
Received 17 Sept 2026Luards Farm Ulting Lane Langford Maldon Essex CM9 6QB
Received 14 Sept 20261 Blue Mills Cottages Blue Mill Lane Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6LS
Received 17 Sept 202611 Battle Rise Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4PF
Received 17 Sept 2026Southern Plot Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 18 Sept 2026Charity Farm Cottage Maldon Road Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8BQ
Received 18 Sept 202612 Belvedere Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AJ
Received 21 Sept 2026Rosemead Bumfords Lane Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6QT
Received 18 Sept 202632 Orchard Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8LD
Received 22 Sept 2026Land East Of Eaton Way Great Totham Essex
Received 22 Sept 20268 North Drive Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AG
Received 23 Sept 2026Barn Attached To South Of Outbuildings QV 3 178 Sewells Farm Witham Road Little Braxted Essex
Received 23 Sept 2026Land South Of Long Wick Farm Joyces Chase Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 23 Sept 2026Land Adjacent 37 Sawyers Road Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 23 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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