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.
2,538 approved · 933 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mayflower Nursery House Mill Road Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EQ
Received 1 Jul 2025Stondon The Avenue North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LZ
Received 2 Jul 2025Bean Cottage 14 Totham Hill Green Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DX
Received 2 Jul 2025Land Adjacent Rickerby Fambridge Road Hazeleigh Essex
Received 2 Jul 2025Land Off Head Street Goldhanger Essex
Received 2 Jul 2025Clear Channel (UK) Limited Bus Shelter Colchester Road Heybridge Essex
Received 2 Jul 2025Great Hayes Business Park Lower Burnham Road Stow Maries Essex
Received 2 Jul 2025Land Adjacent Crispins Roots Lane Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 4 Jul 20252 King Street Maldon Essex CM9 5DY
Received 4 Jul 2025Bishops View 2A Grange Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LT
Received 7 Jul 2025Old Post Office Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 7 Jul 202544 Arcadia Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8EF
Received 7 Jul 2025Cherry Garden 79 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8NP
Received 7 Jul 2025101 Heywood Way Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4BH
Received 7 Jul 2025Maldon Crystal Salt Company Limited Saltworks At Longwick Farm Joyces Chase Tolleshunt Major Maldon Essex CM9 8AQ
Received 7 Jul 2025Land Between 26 & 28 Tiptree Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 7 Jul 2025Paul King Funeral Directors 10 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8BG
Received 7 Jul 202519 Church Green Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JX
Received 8 Jul 2025Chantilly North Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7ST
Received 9 Jul 20258 King Edward Avenue Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8PA
Received 9 Jul 2025Poultry Houses North East Of Rockleys Farm Church Road Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 9 Jul 2025Brookhead Farm Maldon Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6GP
Received 9 Jul 2025Brookhead Farm Maldon Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6GP
Received 9 Jul 202514 Midguard Way Maldon Essex CM9 6UP
Received 9 Jul 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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