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.
2,396 approved · 813 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barn At Hill House Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 8 Jun 2023Land At Forrester Park Golf And Tennis Club Beckingham Road Great Totham Essex
Received 12 Jun 2023Land At The Summer House Back Lane Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 12 Jun 2023Mount Shell Farmhouse Langford Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JG
Received 13 Jun 2023The Elms Dental Practice 27 Butt Lane Maldon Essex CM9 5HD
Received 13 Jun 202322 Park Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8ES
Received 13 Jun 2023Land At Lofts Farmhouse Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Received 13 Jun 20234 The Chase Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8UU
Received 13 Jun 202355 Tenterfield Road Maldon Essex CM9 5EN
Received 13 Jun 202320 Devonshire Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DR
Received 14 Jun 202333 Coleridge Road Maldon Essex CM9 6DH
Received 14 Jun 202339 Viking Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JR
Received 14 Jun 20231 Paxwood Church Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3PB
Received 14 Jun 2023Agricultural Building At Purleigh Wash Farm Fambridge Road Purleigh Essex
Received 14 Jun 2023The Kings Head Centre 38 High Street Maldon Essex
Received 14 Jun 2023The Kings Head Centre 38 High Street Maldon Essex
Received 14 Jun 202320 Devonshire Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DR
Received 15 Jun 202310 Alexandra Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8BW
Received 15 Jun 2023Barn At South House Farm Mundon Road Maldon Essex
Received 15 Jun 2023Stables Mangapp Chase Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 16 Jun 2023Land East Of Eaton Way Great Totham Essex
Received 16 Jun 202349 Crescent Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4SJ
Received 16 Jun 2023Thelms 24 Latchingdon Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JG
Received 16 Jun 2023Lofts Farmhouse Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NZ
Received 16 Jun 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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