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2,525 approved · 922 refused · 123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The South Of Keelings Road Dengie Essex
Received 16 Apr 2025Land Rear Of 148 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 17 Apr 2025Land North Of 48 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 17 Apr 2025Highfields Bassetts Lane Woodham Walter Essex CM3 4BZ
Received 22 Apr 202531 Lawlinge Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JY
Received 22 Apr 2025Offices Beckingham Business Park Beckingham Street Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 22 Apr 2025Rosedale Lea Lane Great Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3ER
Received 17 Apr 2025Cherry Tree Cottage East End Road Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7PT
Received 23 Apr 2025Unit 8A And B Wycke Hill Business Park Maldon Essex CM9 6UZ
Received 23 Apr 202544 Tollesbury Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8UA
Received 24 Apr 202530 West Avenue Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AF
Received 24 Apr 2025The Ramblers 56 Maldon Road Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8BG
Received 25 Apr 2025Clay Pigeon Shoot Steeple Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 28 Apr 2025Land North Of Captains Wood Road Great Totham Essex
Received 28 Apr 202529 Orchard Drive Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EP
Received 28 Apr 2025Eastholme Latchingdon Road Purleigh Essex
Received 28 Apr 20251 Church Cottages Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 28 Apr 2025Capricorn 6 Goat Lodge Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BT
Received 30 Apr 202531 Granger Avenue Maldon Essex CM9 6AL
Received 30 Apr 2025Greenbank Woodrolfe Farm Lane Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8SX
Received 30 Apr 2025Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 30 Apr 2025Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 30 Apr 202561 Nipsells Chase Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EH
Received 30 Apr 2025K6 Telephone Kiosk The Quay Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 30 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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