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.
2,516 approved · 915 refused · 123 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Apr 2021 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hall Farm Land At 583941 203977 Hazeleigh Hall Lane Hazeleigh Essex
Received 17 Feb 2025Former Valentines Cottage Crown Road Purleigh Essex
Received 17 Feb 202540 Beeleigh Road Maldon Essex CM9 5QH
Received 17 Feb 2025Land Adjacent Tesco Fullbridge Maldon Essex
Received 17 Feb 2025The Folly Mope Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JP
Received 17 Feb 2025Former Pasture Cottage Heath Lane Little Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3LL
Received 17 Feb 20259 Fish Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AT
Received 18 Feb 20251 Howells Farm Cottages Maypole Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 4SY
Received 18 Feb 202550 Viking Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JR
Received 18 Feb 2025Land At 35 Church Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 18 Feb 20254 Dunlin Close Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4AG
Received 18 Feb 202527 Staplers Heath Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PQ
Received 18 Feb 2025Mount Ash 1 Mell Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8SW
Received 18 Feb 2025The Tollesbury Practice 25 High Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RG
Received 19 Feb 2025Land Adjacent 37 Sawyers Road Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 19 Feb 2025Land To The South Of Keelings Road Dengie Essex
Received 19 Feb 20259 Henney Close Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6SY
Received 20 Feb 2025186 Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4QU
Received 20 Feb 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 20 Feb 2025Land At The Nook The Endway Althorne Essex
Received 20 Feb 20251 Genesta Close Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8SY
Received 20 Feb 2025Three Oaks Southminster Road Asheldham Southminster Essex CM0 7DZ
Received 20 Feb 2025The Spinney Fambridge Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NN
Received 21 Feb 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 21 Feb 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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