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.
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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2,544 approved · 933 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Village Hall Vicarage Lane Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TW
Received 19 Sept 2025The Old Police Station West Square Maldon Essex CM9 5AL
Received 22 Sept 2025The Old Rectory East End Road Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7PX
Received 22 Sept 2025Willowherb House 81 Mountview Crescent St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7NR
Received 12 Sept 202524 Station Crescent Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HY
Received 22 Sept 202514 Midguard Way Maldon Essex CM9 6UP
Received 22 Sept 2025Thornfields Purleigh Grove Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HN
Received 22 Sept 2025Former Purleigh Lodge Lodge Lane Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PP
Received 22 Sept 202518 The Cobbins Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QL
Received 23 Sept 2025Southern Plot Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 23 Sept 2025Southern Plot Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 24 Sept 2025Birs Lodge Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HF
Received 25 Sept 2025Land East Of Broad Street Green Road Heybridge Essex
Received 25 Sept 2025Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 25 Sept 2025Beresfords Estate Agents 2A Gate Street Maldon Essex CM9 5QF
Received 25 Sept 2025Beresfords Estate Agents 2A Gate Street Maldon Essex CM9 5QF
Received 25 Sept 2025Southern Plot Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 25 Sept 202536 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PW
Received 25 Sept 202536 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PW
Received 25 Sept 2025The Stables 72A Wantz Road Maldon Essex CM9 5DE
Received 25 Sept 2025Southern Plot Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 25 Sept 2025Land West Of Great Downs Farm Station Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 25 Sept 2025The Yacht Harbour Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 25 Sept 2025Paparazzi 69 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5EP
Received 25 Sept 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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