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.
2,544 approved · 933 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Moorhill Kennels Tillingham Road Southminster Essex CM0 7DT
Received 21 Aug 202510 Ship Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JX
Received 18 Aug 202534 Chapel Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DA
Received 22 Aug 2025Greenbank Woodrolfe Farm Lane Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8SX
Received 22 Aug 20254 Cedar Chase Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4NR
Received 22 Aug 2025Land At 3 North Street Tillingham Essex
Received 26 Aug 2025Mayfield Park Lane Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8HB
Received 26 Aug 2025Stables Mangapp Chase Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 21 Aug 2025Bradwell Outdoor Centre Bradwell Field Studies And Sailing Centre Waterside Road Bradwell-On-Sea Southminster Essex CM0 7QY
Received 20 Aug 2025Barn At Blackbirds Bradwell Road Tillingham Essex
Received 27 Aug 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 28 Aug 20255 North Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TR
Received 28 Aug 2025Land At Bramble Hall Mundon Road Mundon Essex
Received 27 Aug 202537D London Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HG
Received 26 Aug 2025Ancillary Annexe At Wild Farm Lower Burnham Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 28 Aug 2025Oak View 1A Mill Road Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EQ
Received 27 Aug 2025Morrisons Petrol Station And Car Wash Wycke Hill Maldon Essex CM9 6GG
Received 28 Aug 2025Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 29 Aug 2025Ashridge Downhall Beach Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7HW
Received 29 Aug 2025Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 29 Aug 202519 North Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RQ
Received 29 Aug 2025Dunromin Fambridge Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NN
Received 29 Aug 2025Land Rear Of Scarletts And St Lawrence Drive St Lawrence Essex
Received 21 Aug 2025The Ship Inn 52 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 28 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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