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2,481 approved · 899 refused · 119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Admirals Beckingham Street Tolleshunt Major Maldon Essex CM9 8LH
Received 28 Aug 2024Admirals Beckingham Street Tolleshunt Major Maldon Essex CM9 8LH
Received 28 Aug 2024Burnham Grill 24 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 28 Aug 202437 Gate Street Mews Maldon Essex CM9 5EF
Received 28 Aug 2024First Floor 86 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HF
Received 28 Aug 202461 Station Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EW
Received 29 Aug 2024Chase End The Downs Maldon Essex CM9 5HR
Received 29 Aug 2024Land Bounded By Maldon Road And Creeksea Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 29 Aug 2024Land Adjacent To 56 Top Road Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 29 Aug 202418 Esplanade Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AL
Received 30 Aug 2024Oakwood House 22 Holloway Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4SG
Received 30 Aug 2024Langlands Kelvedon Road Little Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3LD
Received 30 Aug 2024Beeleigh Willows Langford Road Heybridge Essex
Received 29 Aug 2024Building 5 Adjacent Norton Hall Cottages St Stephens Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 30 Aug 202416 Dickens Close Maldon Essex CM9 6AG
Received 30 Aug 2024Land North Of Poplar Grove Chase Great Totham Essex
Received 30 Aug 2024ROE Environmental Limited Offices Fleet Farm Fambridge Road North Fambridge Essex
Received 30 Aug 2024Land Adjacent To Norton Hall St Stephens Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 2 Sept 2024Baptist Church Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HJ
Received 29 Aug 2024Mackmurdos Beacon Hill Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3EA
Received 3 Sept 2024Buck House Tiptree Road Great Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3EJ
Received 3 Sept 202446 East Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QE
Received 4 Sept 202423 D'Arcy Way Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8UD
Received 4 Sept 202425 Chapel Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TL
Received 4 Sept 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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