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.
2,725 approved · 1,058 refused · 137 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
RSPB Old Hall Marshes Old Hall Lane Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TP
Received 3 Sept 202611 The Folly Tiptree Colchester Essex CO5 0RJ
Received 3 Sept 2026Whitegates Post Office Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SX
Received 4 Sept 2026Commercial Section Opposite Carter Avenue Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 4 Sept 2026Environment Agency Southminster Depot Goldsands Road Southminster Essex CM0 7JR
Received 2 Sept 20266 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 7 Sept 2026Blackwater View 13 Fish Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AT
Received 7 Sept 20263 Margery Allingham Place Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8SJ
Received 7 Sept 202631 Highlands Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6HY
Received 7 Sept 2026Springwood Rectory Lane Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HB
Received 8 Sept 2026Land At Wicks Manor Farm Witham Road Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 8 Sept 2026Land At Osea Leisure Park Goldhanger Road Heybridge Essex
Received 8 Sept 202614 East Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QD
Received 9 Sept 2026Dammerwick Farm Marsh Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8NB
Received 9 Sept 202633 Church Street Goldhanger Essex CM9 8AR
Received 10 Sept 2026Land Adjacent Eagle Lodge Plains Road Little Totham Essex
Received 10 Sept 2026East House 7 Ramsey Close Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4YZ
Received 10 Sept 2026The Old Bakery 1 East Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QD
Received 11 Sept 202651 East Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QD
Received 11 Sept 2026Land At Dismantled Railway Church Lane Stow Maries Essex
Received 11 Sept 2026The Courtyard Spital Road Maldon Essex
Received 7 Sept 2026Westlins Chapel Lane Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TL
Received 11 Sept 202641 Fish Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AT
Received 10 Sept 2026Mobile Broadband Network Limited Communication Station Wycke Hill Business Park Maldon Essex
Received 9 Sept 2026Records 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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