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2,679 approved · 1,027 refused · 133 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent 13 Mill Road Tillingham Essex
Received 1 Dec 2025Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 2 Dec 2025The Paddocks Grange Road Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7UR
Received 2 Dec 2025Former Timber Yard North Of Grove Wood Mope Lane Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 2 Dec 2025Land Rear Of Glenrosa Stephenson Road North Fambridge Essex
Received 2 Dec 2025Land Adjacent To 17 Brickwall Close Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 3 Dec 2025First Maldon All Saints Scout Group Brickhouse Farm Community Centre Poulton Close Maldon Essex CM9 6NG
Received 27 Nov 202510A Cross Road Maldon Essex CM9 5EE
Received 4 Dec 2025Waverley 39 Wycke Lane Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8ST
Received 4 Dec 2025Petchey Court Fambridge Road Maldon Essex
Received 4 Dec 2025Land Adjacent Wood Corner Caravan Site Old London Road Woodham Walter Essex
Received 3 Dec 202514 Roots Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LS
Received 4 Dec 2025Day Nursery Highlands Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6HY
Received 4 Dec 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 5 Dec 2025St Peters Court Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6LF
Received 5 Dec 2025Elwy Cottage Bassetts Lane Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4DA
Received 8 Dec 2025Elwy Cottage Bassetts Lane Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4DA
Received 8 Dec 2025Land Rear Of 5 River View Terrace Althorne Essex
Received 8 Dec 2025Shirlyn 10 Marsh Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8LZ
Received 8 Dec 2025Stables At Glebe Cottage Church Street Tollesbury Essex
Received 8 Dec 2025Stables At Glebe Cottage Church Street Tollesbury Essex
Received 8 Dec 202531A Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6DZ
Received 9 Dec 2025Carlton Jewellers 2 The Kings Head Centre 38 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PN
Received 9 Dec 2025Carlton Jewellers 2 The Kings Head Centre 38 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PN
Received 9 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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