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.
2,507 approved · 911 refused · 121 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Myrtle Cottage Lock Hill Heybridge Basin Essex
Received 4 Dec 2024Land West Of Thatched Cottage Green Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 4 Dec 2024Roundbush Colchester Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BZ
Received 5 Dec 2024Waverley 39 Wycke Lane Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8ST
Received 5 Dec 2024Land Between Kings Road And Burnham Road Southminster Essex
Received 6 Dec 2024Weetwood Summerhill Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6BY
Received 6 Dec 202420 Holt Drive Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JR
Received 6 Dec 2024Mapledean Poultry Farm Mapledean Chase Mundon Essex
Received 6 Dec 2024Maldon Resource Centre Chapter House Carmelite Way Maldon Essex CM9 5FX
Received 9 Dec 2024The Cannons 19 North Drive Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AG
Received 9 Dec 2024Rockwell Automation Limited Ics House Hall Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LA
Received 9 Dec 2024Rockwell Automation Limited Ics House Hall Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LA
Received 9 Dec 2024Butterfields Farm Butterfield Chase Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LE
Received 10 Dec 2024Orlando 23 Rectory Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NG
Received 10 Dec 2024Highfields Bassetts Lane Woodham Walter Chelmsford Essex CM3 4BZ
Received 11 Dec 2024Wayback Farm St Stephens Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NP
Received 11 Dec 2024Cherry Barn 56B Walden House Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PN
Received 11 Dec 202446 East Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QE
Received 12 Dec 2024Agricultural Barn At Batts Farm Batts Road Steeple Essex
Received 12 Dec 2024Caravan At Batts Farm Batts Road Steeple Essex
Received 12 Dec 2024Ashlea Fambridge Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6NL
Received 12 Dec 202483 Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NY
Received 12 Dec 2024Former Southminster Library Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 12 Dec 2024Church Of All Saints Crouchmans Farm Road Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6QU
Received 13 Dec 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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