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.
2,532 approved · 928 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Great Beeleigh Farm London Road Maldon Essex
Received 16 Jun 2025Parish Hall Manor Road Dengie Southminster Essex CM0 7UH
Received 16 Jun 2025New Hall High Street Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7QL
Received 16 Jun 202519 Station Crescent Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HY
Received 16 Jun 2025Land Rear Of The Chantry Tiptree Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 16 Jun 2025Ashmans Farm Braxted Road Kelvedon Colchester Essex CO5 9BT
Received 17 Jun 2025Timber Barn Maldon Road Goldhanger Essex
Received 17 Jun 202563J High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5EP
Received 17 Jun 2025Land At Junction Of Steeple Road And Mill Road Mayland Essex
Received 17 Jun 2025Samsons Bradwell Road Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7SP
Received 18 Jun 2025Mayfield Nurseries Tudwick Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Essex
Received 18 Jun 2025Riverscourt Beeleigh Road Maldon Essex CM9 5QJ
Received 18 Jun 2025Hawthorns Brabant Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LY
Received 18 Jun 2025The Caravan At Bickleigh Lane Loamy Hill Road Tolleshunt Major Maldon Essex CM9 8LS
Received 18 Jun 202518 Rowan Drive Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4BW
Received 19 Jun 2025First Floor 52A High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PN
Received 19 Jun 2025The Hay Loft Lodge Farm Old London Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RL
Received 19 Jun 2025Land West Of The Cemetery London Road Maldon Essex
Received 19 Jun 2025Cartys MOT Centre Unit 6 Station Industrial Estate Station Approach Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8RW
Received 19 Jun 2025Place Lodge Rectory Lane Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SW
Received 20 Jun 2025Moors End Moorhen Avenue St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7LU
Received 20 Jun 202578 South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TH
Received 23 Jun 2025Crantock 3 Chapel Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TL
Received 23 Jun 2025Land At Northey Island Maldon Essex
Received 23 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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