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.
2,679 approved · 1,027 refused · 133 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Elite Farm Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HF
Received 24 Nov 2025Elite Farm Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HF
Received 24 Nov 2025Close To Home Childcare 97 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HR
Received 24 Nov 2025Unit 8A And B Wycke Hill Business Park Maldon Essex CM9 6UZ
Received 24 Nov 2025Land At Woodlands Witham Road Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3NQ
Received 24 Nov 20253 Station Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EW
Received 24 Nov 2025The Grange East End Road Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7PX
Received 26 Nov 2025Seacups Cottage 22 Catchpole Lane Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PY
Received 26 Nov 2025Fambridge Yacht Haven Church Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LU
Received 26 Nov 2025Fambridge Yacht Haven Church Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LU
Received 26 Nov 2025Burnham Town Council Council Offices Chapel Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JD
Received 27 Nov 2025Outbuilding At The Chequers Inn 32 The Street Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 28 Nov 2025Outbuilding At The Chequers Inn 32 The Street Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 28 Nov 202512 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4PZ
Received 28 Nov 2025Ravello Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 28 Nov 202540 Essex Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JQ
Received 28 Nov 2025Land North Of Meadow Way Latchingdon Essex
Received 28 Nov 2025Land Opposite Prentice Hall Farm Prentice Hall Lane Tollesbury Essex
Received 1 Dec 2025Purleigh Wash Farm Fambridge Road Purleigh Essex
Received 1 Dec 202518 Albert Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8EA
Received 1 Dec 2025Land Adjacent Davenbrook Plains Road Little Totham Essex
Received 1 Dec 2025Grass Verge Outside 48 East Street Tollesbury Essex
Received 1 Dec 20252 Highlands Hill Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EF
Received 1 Dec 2025Land Adjacent Thornfields Purleigh Grove Cold Norton Essex
Received 1 Dec 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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