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.
2,512 approved · 914 refused · 122 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Chapel Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TL
Received 6 Jan 2025Maypole House North Street Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TF
Received 3 Jan 2025Land South Of Brent Way And Off Of Endeavour Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 6 Jan 2025Land At The Ranch Maldon Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 7 Jan 2025Heybridge Swifts Football Club Scraley Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 8FJ
Received 7 Jan 2025Land Rear Of Mill Farm Stoney Hills Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 3 Feb 2025OS Field 4200 Rectory Road North Fambridge Essex
Received 8 Jan 2025Land East Of Ruxley Cottage Rectory Road North Fambridge Essex
Received 8 Jan 2025Agricultural Building East Of Ruxley Cottage Rectory Road North Fambridge Essex
Received 8 Jan 2025Beeleigh Abbey Abbey Turning Maldon Essex CM9 6LL
Received 8 Jan 2025Agricultural Building At Dengie Manor Manor Road Dengie Essex
Received 8 Jan 20254 Cedar Chase Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4NR
Received 9 Jan 2025Land North Of Langford Bridge Maldon Road Langford Essex
Received 9 Jan 2025Pontoon Landing Basin Road Heybridge Basin Essex
Received 9 Jan 2025Land Adjacent 23 Rectory Road North Fambridge Essex
Received 9 Jan 2025Land Rear Of Dengie Crops Hall Road Asheldham Essex
Received 8 Jan 2025New Hall Vineyards Chelmsford Road Purleigh Essex
Received 8 Jan 2025Pond House 26 Maldon Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PR
Received 10 Jan 2025Loddarts Farm Lodge Road Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 10 Jan 202510 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 10 Jan 20256 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 10 Jan 2025Land At The Warren Lodge Park Herbage Park Herbage Park Road Woodham Walter Essex
Received 13 Jan 2025Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 13 Jan 202514 Albert Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DZ
Received 13 Jan 2025Records 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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