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.
2,488 approved · 901 refused · 119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Limes 3 Head Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AY
Received 7 Oct 202432 Tenterfield Road Maldon Essex CM9 5EW
Received 7 Oct 2024Ravello Maypole Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NW
Received 3 Oct 2024Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 7 Oct 2024145 Woodfield Cottages Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4BQ
Received 7 Oct 2024Gorse Cottage Braxted Road Little Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3JY
Received 8 Oct 2024High House Weddings Limited High House Farm Old Heath Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EW
Received 8 Oct 2024Outbuilding At Small Gains Bungalow Grange Road Dengie Essex
Received 9 Oct 2024Bairstow Eves 20 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PJ
Received 9 Oct 202463J High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5EP
Received 9 Oct 20243 Croxon Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QR
Received 9 Oct 2024Burnham Grill 24 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 4 Oct 2024Highwood Ishams Chase Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LG
Received 10 Oct 2024St Nicholas Church The Square Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7SU
Received 10 Oct 2024Roundsmans Cottage The Street Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QL
Received 11 Oct 2024Primrose Cottage 2A Arbour Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NT
Received 11 Oct 2024Land At 15 Bouvel Drive Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 14 Oct 2024Mount Ash 1 Mell Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8SW
Received 14 Oct 202414 Chapel Lane Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TL
Received 14 Oct 2024Little Scarlet 68 Strawberry Lane Tiptree Colchester Essex CO5 0RX
Received 14 Oct 2024Maltings Storage Shed Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 14 Oct 202431 Mill Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HX
Received 15 Oct 202420 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4PZ
Received 15 Oct 2024South Menage At Chasefield Farm 64 Walden House Road Great Totham Essex
Received 16 Oct 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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