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.
2,677 approved · 1,023 refused · 133 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 2020 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mayville 38 North Drive Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AG
Received 27 Oct 2025Land Rear Of 148 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 28 Oct 2025Agricultural Building At Oak Nursery Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 28 Oct 202532 London Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HD
Received 28 Oct 2025Warren Golf Club Old London Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RW
Received 28 Oct 2025White Cottage 14 Fambridge Road Maldon Essex CM9 6AA
Received 29 Oct 2025Land To The South Of Keelings Road Dengie Essex
Received 29 Oct 2025Land North West Of 2 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 29 Oct 20251 Providence Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JU
Received 29 Oct 2025Orchard View 8 Holloway Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4SG
Received 30 Oct 202511 Coronation Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HW
Received 13 Oct 20257 Coronation Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HW
Received 13 Oct 2025Land At Chasefield Farm 64 Walden House Road Great Totham Essex
Received 31 Oct 202580 Staplers Heath Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PH
Received 3 Nov 2025Holyrood Lodge Green Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8PU
Received 3 Nov 2025Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 4 Nov 2025Montrose Birchwood Road Cock Clarks Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RF
Received 4 Nov 2025The Chequers Inn 32 The Street Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NN
Received 4 Nov 202593 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AH
Received 4 Nov 2025Chestnuts Seamer Road Southminster Essex CM0 7BX
Received 5 Nov 2025Former Southminster Library Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 5 Nov 2025Heybridge Mill House Anchor Lane Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LS
Received 5 Nov 2025Three Rivers Golf And Country Club Stow Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RR
Received 5 Nov 202556A Walden House Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PN
Received 6 Nov 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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