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.
2,384 approved · 808 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hall Farm Land At 583941 203977 Hazeleigh Hall Lane Hazeleigh Essex
Received 28 Apr 202318 The Fairways Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JJ
Received 1 May 20231 Belvedere Court Belvedere Place Maldon Essex CM9 6FJ
Received 2 May 2023Hall Farm Land At 583941 203977 Hazeleigh Hall Lane Hazeleigh Essex
Received 2 May 202322 Station Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EW
Received 28 Apr 2023Wick Farm Mell Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8SS
Received 2 May 2023Museum Of Power Steam Pumping Station Hatfield Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 6QA
Received 2 May 2023Land At Museum Of Power Steam Pumping Station Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 2 May 2023Land At Wrington 27 Imperial Avenue Mayland Essex
Received 2 May 2023Land North Of Roblets Rookery Lane North Fambridge Essex
Received 2 May 2023Land West Of Spratts Farm Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 3 May 2023Forrester Park Golf And Tennis Club Beckingham Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8EA
Received 4 May 2023Heybridge Wood Wood Lane Heybridge Essex
Received 4 May 2023Bairstow Eves 20 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PJ
Received 4 May 2023Bairstow Eves 20 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PJ
Received 5 May 2023Stables Mangapp Chase Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 5 May 20237 Church Corner Herbage Park Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RJ
Received 5 May 2023Land Rear Of The Sunbeams 29 Barnhall Road Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 5 May 2023The Vinery 3 Kelvedon Road Tolleshunt D'arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TE
Received 5 May 20238 Tenterfield Road Maldon Essex CM9 5EW
Received 5 May 2023Land Between Thiseldome And Buller Lodge Buller Road North Fambridge Essex
Received 3 May 20238 Wick Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8LP
Received 5 May 2023Ridge End 6 Church Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LA
Received 9 May 2023Ridge End 6 Church Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LA
Received 9 May 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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