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2,517 approved · 920 refused · 123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Garth End Kelvedon Road Little Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3LE
Received 6 Mar 202597 - 99 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AH
Received 4 Mar 2025Glendale Franklin Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NF
Received 7 Mar 2025Land Adjacent To Fieldway Station Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 7 Mar 2025Land North Of Oaktrees The Street Little Totham Essex
Received 7 Mar 20252 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PJ
Received 7 Mar 202514 Lodge Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HW
Received 10 Mar 202511 Rectory Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RD
Received 10 Mar 2025Land Adjacent Maldon Wycke Spital Road Maldon Essex
Received 10 Mar 2025Ravello Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 6 Mar 2025Agricultural Building At Little Renters Farm Beckingham Street Little Totham Essex
Received 11 Mar 2025Hill House Hill House Park Maldon Essex
Received 11 Mar 202530 West Avenue Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AF
Received 11 Mar 2025Crofters Pump Lane Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PF
Received 11 Mar 2025Land Rear Of 8 Tintagel Way Maldon Essex
Received 11 Mar 20254 Tideways Row Riverside Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8TG
Received 11 Mar 2025Tollesbury County Primary School East Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QE
Received 12 Mar 202522 Park Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8ES
Received 12 Mar 202557 West Avenue Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AE
Received 12 Mar 202514 Crescent Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4SJ
Received 12 Mar 20259 Norfolk Road Maldon Essex CM9 6AZ
Received 12 Mar 2025The Hawthorns Scalby Road Southminster Essex CM0 7BP
Received 13 Mar 20252 The Chestnuts Burnham Road Southminster Essex CM0 7HD
Received 13 Mar 20251 John Thresh Way Langford Maldon Essex CM9 6FR
Received 13 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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