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.
2,447 approved · 864 refused · 117 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Apr 2021 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Temporary Site Access Off Bakers Lane Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 12 Dec 2023Temporary Site Access Off Tudwick Road Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 12 Dec 2023Temporary Site Access Off Rectory Road Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 12 Dec 2023Temporary Site Access Off Barnhall Road Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 12 Dec 202320 Essex Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JG
Received 13 Dec 2023Land South West Of Lower Farm Blind Lane Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 12 Dec 2023Adelante Harfred Avenue Heybridge Basin Maldon Essex CM9 4RH
Received 13 Dec 2023Land South Of 97 South Street Tillingham Essex
Received 13 Dec 2023May Cottage Waterworks Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RF
Received 14 Dec 2023Former Southminster Library Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 14 Dec 2023Former Southminster Library Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 14 Dec 20238 Glendale Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8LY
Received 15 Dec 2023Winterdale Manor Enterprise Centre Southminster Road Althorne Essex
Received 15 Dec 2023Land At Mayflower Nursery Mill Road Mayland Essex
Received 15 Dec 2023Heath Cottage Old Heath Road Southminster Essex CM0 7BN
Received 18 Dec 2023Barn A And B Stokes Hall Farm Burnham Road Althorne Essex
Received 18 Dec 2023Land Adjacent 7 Granger Avenue Maldon Essex
Received 18 Dec 2023Sycamores Chelmer Lane Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4TD
Received 15 Dec 2023Stone Sailing Club Tinnocks Lane St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7NF
Received 18 Dec 2023Land Adjacent 7 Granger Avenue Maldon Essex
Received 18 Dec 2023Land North Of 48 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 18 Dec 2023Holly Cottage The Street Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8JQ
Received 19 Dec 2023Ancillary Annexe Heath House Braxted Road Little Braxted Essex
Received 18 Dec 2023Barn At Hill House Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 19 Dec 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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