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2,436 approved · 850 refused · 115 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Waterways 2 Chandlers Quay Maldon Essex CM9 4LF
Received 18 Oct 2023Copse End 1 Bower Gardens Maldon Essex CM9 6HJ
Received 18 Oct 2023117 Woodfield Cottages Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4BQ
Received 18 Oct 2023117 Woodfield Cottages Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4BQ
Received 18 Oct 20238 Johnston Way Maldon Essex CM9 6XZ
Received 18 Oct 2023Land East Of New Farm Beckingham Street Little Totham Essex
Received 19 Oct 2023Land Rear Of The Chantry Tiptree Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 19 Oct 2023Land At Station Industrial Estate Station Approach Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 19 Oct 2023Two Ways The Downs Maldon Essex CM9 5HR
Received 19 Oct 2023Marsh House Farm Lower Burnham Road Purleigh Essex
Received 19 Oct 2023Marsh House Farm Lower Burnham Road Purleigh Essex
Received 19 Oct 2023Waterways 2 Chandlers Quay Maldon Essex CM9 4LF
Received 18 Oct 2023Highfield Stoney Hills Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QA
Received 20 Oct 2023Land Adjacent 4 Hillcrest Mayland Chelmsford Essex
Received 23 Oct 2023CML Microsystems Limited Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 6WG
Received 23 Oct 2023The Rookery Lodge Farm Old London Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RL
Received 23 Oct 2023Site Rear Of 10 High Street Southminster Essex
Received 23 Oct 202310 Church Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HP
Received 24 Oct 2023Ancillary Annexe At Ramblers Cottage Chelmsford Road Purleigh Essex
Received 24 Oct 2023The Limes Guest House 21 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4PZ
Received 25 Oct 20231 Rosedene Cottage The Street Steeple Southminster Essex CM0 7LF
Received 25 Oct 2023Land Rear Of 7 To 9 King Edward Avenue Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 25 Oct 2023Land At White Horse Cottage Tillingham Road Dengie Essex
Received 25 Oct 202339 Viking Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JR
Received 26 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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