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.
2,478 approved · 895 refused · 119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent Purleigh Law Walton Hall Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 8 Jul 2024Grove Cottage Fambridge Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NB
Received 8 Jul 2024Caravan At Toad Hall Station Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 9 Jul 2024Chase End The Downs Maldon Essex CM9 5HR
Received 9 Jul 2024Barn At Sewells Farm Witham Road Little Braxted Essex
Received 9 Jul 2024Mount Cottage Howe Green Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PZ
Received 10 Jul 2024Oaklands Kelvedon Road Great Totham Essex
Received 10 Jul 2024Land At Woodlands Witham Road Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3NQ
Received 10 Jul 2024Land Adjacent Highfields Bassetts Lane Woodham Walter Essex
Received 11 Jul 2024St Peters Court Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6LF
Received 11 Jul 202446 Highfield Rise Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6DN
Received 12 Jul 20243 Essex Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JG
Received 12 Jul 2024Maldon Newsagent 118 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5ET
Received 12 Jul 2024Land North Of 48 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 12 Jul 20248 Gate Street Mews Maldon Essex CM9 5EF
Received 12 Jul 2024Gorwell Lodge Tollesbury Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RP
Received 12 Jul 202426 Blacksmiths Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NR
Received 15 Jul 2024Former Sunnyside Grange Avenue Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6BG
Received 15 Jul 202431 Hillside Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8EY
Received 15 Jul 2024Queen Victoria Public House The Street Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RF
Received 16 Jul 2024Wickham Art Barn Station Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JB
Received 16 Jul 2024Chesterton Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 16 Jul 2024Purleigh Wash Farm Fambridge Road Purleigh Essex
Received 16 Jul 2024Land North West Of 2 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 17 Jul 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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