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Maldon

In the last 12 months, 89.7% of householder applications were approved in Maldon (136 decided). A typical householder decision takes about eleven weeks (median 77 days).

Full planning applications: 88.0% approved (108 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-02-09–2026-06-16): 85.1% of 3,105 decisions approved.

3,781Total applications
2,643Approved
462Refused
79Withdrawn
563Pending
85.1%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
3,360Delegated
100Not Available
15South East Area Committee
14District Planning Committee
5Central Area Committee
4North West Area Committee
1Full Council
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 699 600 99
85.8%
Reserved Matters 573 571 2
99.7%
Full Planning Application 506 372 134
73.5%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 305 305 0
100.0%
Tree Works (TPO) 177 157 20
88.7%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 142 105 37
73.9%
Listed Building Consent 131 124 7
94.7%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 110 89 21
80.9%
Variations 85 76 9
89.4%
Change of Use 65 37 28
56.9%
Prior Approval (Other) 60 41 19
68.3%
Outline Planning 52 9 43
17.3%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 45 27 18
60.0%
Householder (Prior Approval) 34 27 7
79.4%
Full Planning (Major) 20 10 10
50.0%
Advertisement Consent 19 14 5
73.7%
Variations Major 19 18 1
94.7%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 18 18 0
100.0%
County/Minerals/Waste 15 15 0
100.0%
consent under S37 of the Electricity Act 7 7 0
100.0%
Dead/Dangerous 6 6 0
100.0%
Prior Ap enlarge dwelling by add storeys 5 5 0
100.0%
Pavement Licence 3 2 1
66.7%
Telecommunications 2 2 0
100.0%
Compliance with conditions application 2 2 0
100.0%
Discharge of Conditions 1 1 0
100.0%
Hazardous Substance 1 1 0
100.0%
Uncategorised 1 1 0
100.0%
Permission in Principle 1 0 1
0.0%
Hedgerow Removal 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 225 178
79.1%
2023-Q4 311 246
79.1%
2024-Q1 298 233
78.2%
2024-Q2 289 245
84.8%
2024-Q3 238 210
88.2%
2024-Q4 242 208
86.0%
2025-Q1 217 190
87.6%
2025-Q2 234 204
87.2%
2025-Q3 228 200
87.7%
2025-Q4 192 181
94.3%
2026-Q1 257 234
91.1%
2026-Q2 45 41
91.1%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Wickham Bishops And Woodham 462 407 55
88.1%
Maldon North 352 323 29
91.8%
Purleigh 327 260 67
79.5%
Great Totham 323 269 54
83.3%
Tolleshunt D'Arcy 257 220 37
85.6%
Althorne 196 161 35
82.1%
Tillingham 179 158 21
88.3%
Burnham On Crouch South 154 131 23
85.1%
Burnham On Crouch North 152 134 18
88.2%
Maldon West 138 122 16
88.4%
Southminster 136 113 23
83.1%
Heybridge East 104 83 21
79.8%
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