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2,538 approved · 933 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
NatWest 36 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PW
Received 7 Aug 2025Wickham Manor Mope Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JP
Received 7 Aug 20257 Regency Court Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4EJ
Received 8 Aug 2025Land At Museum Of Power Steam Pumping Station Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 8 Aug 2025Land Adjacent Purleigh Law Walton Hall Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 11 Aug 2025Cherry Garden 79 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8NP
Received 11 Aug 2025Cherry Garden 79 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8NP
Received 11 Aug 202539 Suffolk Road Maldon Essex CM9 6AX
Received 11 Aug 2025Goings Wharf Colchester Road Heybridge Essex
Received 11 Aug 2025Land At Goat Lodge Farm Goat Lodge Road Great Totham Essex
Received 11 Aug 2025Unit 3A The Old Ironworks Fullbridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LE
Received 1 Aug 2025Beckholm Bacons Chase Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7PH
Received 12 Aug 202537 Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NX
Received 11 Aug 2025Land Between Little Paddock And Sunnycot Chelmsford Road Purleigh Essex
Received 12 Aug 202518 Mildmay Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8ED
Received 12 Aug 2025Land At Claremont Garden Centre Bryants Lane Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 12 Aug 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 13 Aug 2025The Friendly Fryer 13 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PB
Received 4 Aug 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 13 Aug 2025Southminster Parish Council King George V Playing Field Station Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EW
Received 13 Aug 2025Cafe And Offices At Claremont Garden Centre Bryants Lane Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 13 Aug 2025Former Barn Hall Farm Barnhall Road Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8HE
Received 14 Aug 2025Land West Of 8 Captains Wood Road Great Totham Essex
Received 14 Aug 202516 Dickens Close Maldon Essex CM9 6AG
Received 14 Aug 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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