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.
2,518 approved · 920 refused · 123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent The Old Post Office Main Road Mundon Essex
Received 26 Mar 2025The Crown Estate Photovoltaic Installation Burnham Yacht Harbour Foundry Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8BL
Received 26 Mar 2025Former Southminster Library Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 26 Mar 2025Land Adjacent The Hangar Maldon Road Goldhanger Essex
Received 26 Mar 2025Tillingham Congregational Church Land At 599296 203532 Chapel Lane Tillingham Essex
Received 26 Mar 2025Hoiston House 109 Basin Road Heybridge Basin Maldon Essex CM9 4RS
Received 27 Mar 2025Former Southminster Library Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 27 Mar 202517 Silver Street Maldon Essex CM9 4QE
Received 27 Mar 2025The Old School House 92 Basin Road Heybridge Basin Maldon Essex CM9 4RW
Received 27 Mar 2025Heybridge Mill House Anchor Lane Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LS
Received 27 Mar 2025Land Adjacent To Fieldway Station Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 27 Mar 202556A Walden House Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PN
Received 27 Mar 2025Ivy Fields Chelmsford Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QP
Received 27 Mar 202526 Park Drive Maldon Essex CM9 5JQ
Received 28 Mar 2025Land At 1 Oxley Cottage 1 Oxley Hill Tolleshunt D'arcy Essex
Received 28 Mar 20257 Arbour Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NT
Received 31 Mar 2025Mangapps Store Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 31 Mar 20259 The Leas Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8NH
Received 31 Mar 20259 The Leas Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8NH
Received 31 Mar 2025136 Imperial Avenue Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AJ
Received 31 Mar 2025Land South Of Brent Way And Off Of Endeavour Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 31 Mar 2025Moorhill Kennels Tillingham Road Southminster Essex CM0 7DT
Received 31 Mar 2025Glebe House 17 Church Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QJ
Received 1 Apr 2025Glebe House 17 Church Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QJ
Received 1 Apr 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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