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.
2,528 approved · 923 refused · 123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Field End Crouchmans Farm Road Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6QT
Received 1 May 202553 South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TH
Received 1 May 2025Limebrook Primary School And Nursery Tempest Road Maldon Essex CM9 6NE
Received 1 May 2025Blackwater Retreat Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4RA
Received 1 May 202533 Endeavour Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8FY
Received 1 May 2025Land Adjacent To Limes Cottages Burnham Road Althorne Essex
Received 1 May 2025Agricultural Building At Wraywick Farm The Marshes Southminster Essex
Received 1 May 202551 The Glebe Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PE
Received 1 May 2025Offices Beckingham Business Park Beckingham Street Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 2 May 202512 Maple Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DE
Received 1 May 2025Land Adjacent Howells Farm Cottages Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 2 May 2025St Jude 58 Leslie Park Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8SZ
Received 6 May 202551 The Glebe Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PE
Received 1 May 2025Environment Agency Southminster Depot Goldsands Road Southminster Essex CM0 7JR
Received 6 May 2025Former Southminster Library Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 6 May 2025Church Cottage Lodge Road Hazeleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QX
Received 7 May 2025150 Woodfield Cottages Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4BQ
Received 7 May 2025St Mary's Church Church Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QJ
Received 7 May 20251 Saxon Court Bull Lane Maldon Essex CM9 4HS
Received 7 May 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 7 May 2025Flamingo Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HF
Received 7 May 2025Village Hall Vicarage Lane Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TW
Received 8 May 2025Andrews Farm Burnham Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6DS
Received 8 May 2025Rolls Farm 3 Prentice Hall Lane Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RW
Received 8 May 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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