Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
2,329 approved · 779 refused · 110 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Feb 2022 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 The Folly Tiptree Colchester Essex CO5 0RJ
Received 13 Jan 202356 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 13 Jan 2023Land Rear Of Thatched Cottage Green Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 13 Jan 2023Brelades Burnham Road Woodham Mortimer Essex CM9 6SS
Received 16 Jan 2023Brelades Burnham Road Woodham Mortimer Essex CM9 6SS
Received 16 Jan 2023Omeath 11 Latchingdon Road Cold Norton Essex CM3 6JG
Received 13 Jan 2023St Andrew's Church Fambridge Road Althorne Essex CM3 6BZ
Received 10 Jan 2023Land South West Of Broadfield Farm Braxted Park Road Great Braxted Essex
Received 12 Jan 202324 Fir Tree Walk Heybridge Essex CM9 4NS
Received 10 Jan 2023Land Adjacent To Oak Farm Barn Oak Farm Road Woodham Walter Essex
Received 16 Jan 2023The Plume School Fambridge Road Maldon Essex CM9 6AB
Received 16 Jan 202319 Mountview Crescent St Lawrence Essex CM0 7NT
Received 17 Jan 2023Annexe Highlands Burnham Road Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 17 Jan 2023Allabys 16 School Road Great Totham Essex CM9 8PT
Received 17 Jan 2023Allabys 16 School Road Great Totham Essex CM9 8PT
Received 17 Jan 202314 Heron Way Mayland Essex CM3 6TP
Received 17 Jan 2023Badgers Leap Park Lane Tolleshunt Knights Essex CM9 8HB
Received 18 Jan 20232 Vaulty Manor Cottages Goldhanger Road Heybridge Essex
Received 18 Jan 2023The Maldon Garden Centre Limited Claremont Garden Centre Bryants Lane Woodham Mortimer Essex CM9 6TF
Received 18 Jan 2023Cowslip Cottage Dairy Farm Road Althorne Essex CM3 6ED
Received 18 Jan 2023Jeanne 24 Walden House Road Great Totham Essex CM9 8PN
Received 19 Jan 202316 Handleys Lane Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3NJ
Received 20 Jan 2023Beacon Hill House Beacon Hill Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3EB
Received 23 Jan 2023Land Adjacent To 13 Church Street Tolleshunt D'arcy Essex
Received 23 Jan 2023Records 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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