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.
2,464 approved · 885 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Southlands Bryants Lane Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6TB
Received 13 Mar 2024Land Adjacent To 3 Rookery Lane Great Totham Essex
Received 13 Mar 2024Land To Rear Of Springwood Rectory Lane Latchingdon Essex
Received 13 Mar 20247 St Stephens Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JE
Received 14 Mar 2024Grove Cottage Fambridge Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NB
Received 14 Mar 202411 The Cobbins Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QL
Received 14 Mar 2024Land Adjacent Eastholm Latchingdon Road Purleigh Essex
Received 14 Mar 2024Tillingham Hall Farm North Street Tillingham Essex
Received 14 Mar 2024The Swan Public House School Road Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8LB
Received 15 Mar 2024The Swan Public House School Road Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8LB
Received 15 Mar 2024Old Steine 16 Witham Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NQ
Received 15 Mar 20248 Victoria Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JD
Received 15 Mar 2024Heybridge Mill House Anchor Lane Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LS
Received 15 Mar 2024Heath Cottage Old Heath Road Southminster Essex CM0 7BN
Received 18 Mar 2024Allotment Gardens Church Street Maldon Essex
Received 12 Mar 2024Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 18 Mar 2024Meadows Barn Bassetts Lane Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4BZ
Received 14 Mar 2024Land South Of Brent Way And Off Of Endeavour Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 18 Mar 2024Mecoy Limited Barn Wrekin Farm Burnham Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6DT
Received 18 Mar 2024Land Lying South Of Marsh Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 19 Mar 20247 Church Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QJ
Received 19 Mar 20247 Church Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QJ
Received 19 Mar 2024Land North West Of 2 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 19 Mar 2024Land At Woodview Cottage Green Lane Latchingdon Essex
Received 20 Mar 2024Records 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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