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.
2,481 approved · 899 refused · 119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Little Scarlet 68 Strawberry Lane Tiptree Colchester Essex CO5 0RX
Received 9 Aug 2024Pilot House 4 Maritime Avenue Heybridge Basin Maldon Essex CM9 4RT
Received 9 Aug 2024Former Southminster Library Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 9 Aug 2024Holly Cottage The Street Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8JQ
Received 12 Aug 2024Former Purleigh Lodge Lodge Lane Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PP
Received 12 Aug 202419 Broad Street Green Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4BE
Received 12 Aug 2024Land At 23 Steeple Road Mayland Essex
Received 12 Aug 2024The Old Bakery 11 North Street Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TF
Received 13 Aug 2024Toft Mill Lane Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PU
Received 13 Aug 2024Hylands Rectory Road Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8EZ
Received 13 Aug 2024Flat 8 The Moorings Fullbridge Quay Maldon Essex CM9 4DB
Received 13 Aug 2024Vegetation Along Fairfield Chase Maldon Essex
Received 14 Aug 2024Black Barn Creeksea Place Farm Ferry Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8PJ
Received 14 Aug 202423 Kingston Chase Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4TB
Received 15 Aug 2024Unity Tenterfield Road Maldon Essex CM9 5EN
Received 16 Aug 2024Land Adjacent Heybridge House Industrial Estate Bates Road Maldon Essex
Received 16 Aug 2024Collingwood House 37 South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TJ
Received 19 Aug 2024Collingwood House 37 South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TJ
Received 19 Aug 20243 Thurstable Way Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8SQ
Received 19 Aug 2024Roughways Farm Plains Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DT
Received 19 Aug 202432 Acacia Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6AP
Received 19 Aug 202426 Chapel Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JA
Received 20 Aug 2024At Basecamp 7 Riverside Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JY
Received 15 Aug 2024Land At The Old Rectory East End Road Bradwell-On-Sea Essex
Received 20 Aug 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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