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.
2,530 approved · 928 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Agricultural Building At Flamingo Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 10 Jun 2025Leanna House Lock Hill Heybridge Basin Essex
Received 10 Jun 202533 Victoria Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HE
Received 10 Jun 20252 Festival Gardens Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TX
Received 11 Jun 2025Land Rear Of Scarletts And St Lawrence Drive St Lawrence Essex
Received 6 Jun 2025Barn At Rosemary Cottage Barnhall Road Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 11 Jun 202520 Essex Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JG
Received 11 Jun 2025The Quest 79 Mountview Crescent St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7NS
Received 11 Jun 2025Braxted Park Golf Club Braxted Park Braxted Park Road Great Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3EN
Received 11 Jun 2025Braxted Park Golf Club Braxted Park Braxted Park Road Great Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3EN
Received 11 Jun 20251 The Warrens Mayland Close Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6SS
Received 12 Jun 2025Ravello Maypole Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NW
Received 11 Jun 2025Land At Disused Langford Mill Maldon Road Langford Essex
Received 12 Jun 2025Land Rear Of Sparrows Chelmsford Road Purleigh Essex
Received 12 Jun 2025OS Field 6251 Colchester Road Great Totham Essex
Received 12 Jun 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 12 Jun 202560 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PR
Received 13 Jun 202560 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PR
Received 13 Jun 202527 Holt Drive Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JR
Received 13 Jun 202521 Cromwell Lane Maldon Essex CM9 4LB
Received 13 Jun 2025Foundry Barns Maldon Road Goldhanger Essex
Received 13 Jun 202519 Roots Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LS
Received 13 Jun 2025Land Bounded By Maldon Road And Creeksea Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 13 Jun 2025Leys Manor Langford Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JQ
Received 13 Jun 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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