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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.
2,725 approved · 1,059 refused · 137 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 2020 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Jenny Moody Properties Ltd Hoe Mill Barns Manor Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6GH
Received 24 Sept 2026Tideways 9 Basin Road Heybridge Basin Maldon Essex CM9 4RQ
Received 24 Sept 2026Land North Of 48 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 21 Sept 20262 Blue Mills Cottages Blue Mill Lane Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6LS
Received 24 Sept 202634 Dorset Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JU
Received 25 Sept 2026154 Wantz Road Maldon Essex CM9 5DG
Received 28 Sept 2026Thorly House Fambridge Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NB
Received 28 Sept 202614 Midguard Way Maldon Essex CM9 6UP
Received 28 Sept 2026Land Adjacent St Nicholas Church North Street Tillingham Essex
Received 28 Sept 202611 Head Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AY
Received 28 Sept 2026Land East Of Broad Street Green Road Heybridge Essex
Received 29 Sept 2026Land North And West Of Knowles Farm Wycke Hill Maldon Essex
Received 30 Sept 2026Land North And West Of Knowles Farm Wycke Hill Maldon Essex
Received 30 Sept 2026Langford Waterworks Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 2 Oct 202689 Wantz Road Maldon Essex CM9 5DB
Received 5 Oct 2026The Old Vicarage Crouchmans Farm Road Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6QX
Received 5 Oct 2026Mill Cottage Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 2 Oct 2026Land At Ulting Lane Langford Essex
Received 2 Oct 2026Beeleigh Falls Cottage Abbey Turning Maldon Essex CM9 6LL
Received 2 Oct 2026Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 8 Oct 2026Southern Plot Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 8 Oct 2026At Basecamp 7 Riverside Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JY
Received 2 Oct 2026The Church Batts Road Steeple Southminster Essex CM0 7LE
Received 8 Oct 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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