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.
2,517 approved · 919 refused · 123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barn At Hill House Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 21 Feb 202523 New Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8EH
Received 21 Feb 2025Land Rear Of Plumtree House Sheepcoates Lane Little Totham Essex
Received 21 Feb 20259 Chelmer Terrace Maldon Essex CM9 5HT
Received 21 Feb 2025Pumping Station 3M From Innisfree Fambridge Road North Fambridge Essex
Received 21 Feb 2025Land Adjacent Drinkwater Farm Maldon Road Bradwell-On-Sea Essex
Received 24 Feb 2025Elm Villas 14 Church Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 24 Feb 2025The Old Rectory Church Street Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TS
Received 24 Feb 2025Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 24 Feb 2025Bridge House Stephenson Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6ND
Received 25 Feb 2025Former Purleigh Lodge Lodge Lane Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PP
Received 25 Feb 202514 St Stephens Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JE
Received 25 Feb 2025Unit F Riverside Industrial Estate Mill Lane Maldon Essex CM9 4LD
Received 21 Feb 2025Darcy House 1 South Street Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TR
Received 26 Feb 2025Land Rear Of 104B High Street Maldon Essex
Received 26 Feb 2025Subway 75B High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5EP
Received 26 Feb 20256 Caidge Row East End Road Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7PY
Received 26 Feb 2025Old House North Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7ST
Received 27 Feb 2025Old House North Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7ST
Received 27 Feb 2025Land At The Brambles Latchingdon Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 26 Feb 20256 Caidge Row East End Road Bradwell-On-Sea Southminster Essex CM0 7PY
Received 26 Feb 2025St Peters Court Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6LF
Received 28 Feb 2025Melita Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 27 Feb 2025Hereford Farm Grange Road Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7UR
Received 3 Mar 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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