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.
2,473 approved · 893 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heybridge Swifts Football Club Scraley Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 8FJ
Received 2 May 2024Land Adjacent 5 Grange Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 3 May 2024Deed House 21 London Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HD
Received 3 May 202421 Mount Pleasant Maldon Essex CM9 6EQ
Received 3 May 202424 Broad Street Green Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 8PD
Received 7 May 2024Toad Hall Station Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HX
Received 7 May 202431 Steeple Road Southminster Essex CM0 7BD
Received 7 May 2024High House Old Heath Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EW
Received 7 May 2024High House Old Heath Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EW
Received 7 May 2024New Lodge Dykes Chase Maldon Essex CM9 6HP
Received 8 May 202440 Beeleigh Road Maldon Essex CM9 5QH
Received 8 May 2024Chase House Maldon Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LG
Received 8 May 20242A Austral Cottages Burnham Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6DP
Received 8 May 2024Land At Junction Of Steeple Road And Mill Road Mayland Essex
Received 8 May 2024103 Nipsells Chase Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EJ
Received 9 May 202425 The Colliers Heybridge Basin Maldon Essex CM9 4SE
Received 9 May 2024Former Tonnawanda Pump Lane Purleigh Maldon Essex CM3 6PJ
Received 9 May 202414 Southminster Road Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7UF
Received 9 May 2024Ancillary Annexe Heath House Braxted Road Little Braxted Essex
Received 9 May 2024Land Adjacent Five Corners Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 10 May 2024Woodham Walter Church Of England Primary School The Street Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RF
Received 10 May 2024Mobile Broadband Network Limited Communication Station Esx0130 Tm Foundry Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 10 May 20244 Maclarens Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3XE
Received 10 May 2024Land Adjacent To Oaklands Kelvedon Road Great Totham Essex
Received 13 May 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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