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.
2,346 approved · 788 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Building At Junction Of Braxted Park Road Maldon Road Tiptree Essex CO5 0QA
Received 3 Feb 2023Paton Place Nipsells Chase Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EJ
Received 6 Feb 2023Heybridge Mill House Anchor Lane Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LS
Received 6 Feb 2023Wickets 24 Church Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JZ
Received 6 Feb 202344 Orchard Road Maldon Essex CM9 6EP
Received 6 Feb 20231 Whitehouse Cottages Blue Mill Lane Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6LR
Received 6 Feb 2023Stonewaters 89 Main Road St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7NA
Received 6 Feb 2023Eastern Bird Island Northey Island Maldon Essex
Received 30 Jan 202318 Mill Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DH
Received 6 Feb 2023Land Rear Of 53 And 55 Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Received 6 Feb 2023Purleigh Lodge Lodge Lane Purleigh Essex CM3 6PP
Received 6 Feb 2023Land At 61 Station Road Southminster Essex
Received 7 Feb 2023The Old Forge Chelmsford Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6TH
Received 7 Feb 2023The Old Forge Chelmsford Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6TH
Received 7 Feb 2023Tollesbury County Primary School East Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QE
Received 7 Feb 2023Western Shore Northey Island Maldon Essex
Received 7 Feb 2023Graces 40 Church Street Tollesbury Essex CM9 8QJ
Received 31 Jan 2023Tylers Farm Grange Road Tillingham Essex CM0 7UR
Received 7 Feb 20239 Silver Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8LA
Received 31 Jan 2023Beacon Hill House Latchingdon Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JG
Received 2 Feb 2023Land At Poplar Grove Farm Poplar Grove Chase Great Totham Essex
Received 7 Feb 2023The Foxes Tudwick Road Tiptree Colchester Essex CO5 0SA
Received 7 Feb 2023Land Rear Of 9 Church Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 7 Feb 2023M P Body Works Rear Repair Centre Brunel Garage Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8SE
Received 7 Feb 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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