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.
2,436 approved · 848 refused · 115 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Anchorage 13 Downs Road Maldon Essex
Received 3 Oct 202316 Lord Darby Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8FX
Received 2 Oct 2023Brickhouse New Hall Lane Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6NZ
Received 3 Oct 2023Land Adjacent Maldon Wycke Spital Road Maldon Essex
Received 4 Oct 2023Elder House 7 North Street Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TF
Received 4 Oct 2023Land At Morrisons Wycke Hill Maldon Essex
Received 4 Oct 2023Land At Morrisons Wycke Hill Maldon Essex
Received 4 Oct 2023Cromwell Court Hill House Park Maldon Essex
Received 5 Oct 202321 St Stephens Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JE
Received 5 Oct 2023Highfields Bassetts Lane Woodham Walter Chelmsford Essex CM3 4BZ
Received 6 Oct 202364 Highlands Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6HY
Received 6 Oct 20234 St Pauls Mews Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4QZ
Received 6 Oct 20233 Woodacre Place Tolleshunt Knights Colchester Essex CO5 0SS
Received 9 Oct 202330 Fish Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AT
Received 9 Oct 2023Oakfield Farm Hyde Chase Purleigh Essex
Received 9 Oct 2023Land Adjacent The Owls Woodham Road Stow Maries Essex
Received 9 Oct 202310 Dukes Avenue Southminster Essex CM0 7HA
Received 9 Oct 2023Land North Of Poplar Grove Chase Great Totham Essex
Received 10 Oct 2023Queens Head Public House 36 Queen Street Southminster Essex CM0 7BB
Received 10 Oct 2023Queens Head Public House 36 Queen Street Southminster Essex CM0 7BB
Received 10 Oct 2023Former Veterinary Surgery Chelmsford Road Purleigh Essex
Received 11 Oct 202318 Blacksmiths Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NR
Received 11 Oct 202319 Park Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8ES
Received 12 Oct 2023Land At The Copse Mayland Green Mayland Essex
Received 11 Oct 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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