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.
2,525 approved · 922 refused · 123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tillingham Congregational Church Land At 599296 203532 Chapel Lane Tillingham Essex
Received 10 Apr 2025The Ranch Maldon Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LG
Received 10 Apr 202557 Crescent Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4SJ
Received 8 Apr 202541 Lawling Avenue Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4YT
Received 10 Apr 2025Palmers Farm 3 Top Road Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8EU
Received 8 Apr 2025Battles Field East End Road Bradwell-On-Sea Essex
Received 3 Apr 2025Land South Of Brent Way And Off Of Endeavour Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 10 Apr 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 10 Apr 2025New Dwelling Sarell Nursery Captains Wood Road Great Totham Essex
Received 11 Apr 2025Maldon Salt 2 Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 6WG
Received 11 Apr 2025Land Rear Of The Green Man Inn Green Man Lane Little Braxted Essex
Received 11 Apr 2025Mapledean Poultry Farm Mapledean Chase Mundon Essex
Received 11 Apr 2025Land At 19 Ludgrove Latchingdon Essex
Received 11 Apr 2025Land To The South Of Keelings Road Dengie Essex
Received 9 Apr 2025Spirits Hall Mountains Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BY
Received 14 Apr 2025Lower Farm Blind Lane Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8EP
Received 15 Apr 2025Land At Former Maldon Fencing Co Burnham Road Althorne Essex
Received 14 Apr 2025The Farmhouse 4 Wycke Court Maldon Essex CM9 6FS
Received 15 Apr 20252 Howells Farm Cottages Maypole Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 4SY
Received 10 Apr 2025Units 1 And 2 Old Hall Farm Old Hall Lane Tolleshunt D'Arcy Essex
Received 16 Apr 2025Manythings 165 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HJ
Received 16 Apr 2025Land At The Ranch Maldon Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 16 Apr 2025Land Between 44 And 46 St Giles Crescent Maldon Essex
Received 16 Apr 2025Land To The South Of Keelings Road Dengie Essex
Received 16 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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