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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 · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Essex County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,822 approved · 214 refused · 438 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Dec 1938 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Stambridge County Primary School,Main Road,Stambridge,Rochford,SS6 7DD
Received 15 Sept 2008Limes Farm County Junior and Infant Schools,Limes Avenue,Chigwell,IG7 5LP
Received 14 Dec 2004Land at Rayne Quarry, Dunmow Road, Braintree, Essex, Rayne
Received 17 Oct 2023Bradwell Quarry,Coggeshall Road,Bradwell,Braintree,CM77 8EP
Received 22 Apr 2008Bradwell Quarry, Church Road, Bradwell, CM77 8EP, and land east of Sheepcotes Lane
Received 14 Feb 2020Martins & Wellwick Fms,St Osyth,Clacton-on-Sea,CO16 8HN
Received 26 Jan 2004Land at Rivenhall Airfield, Coggeshall Road, Braintree, CO5 9DF
Received 15 Mar 2024De La Salle Rc School, Ghyllgrove, Basildon, SS142LA
Received 20 Aug 2012The Greensward College,Greensward Lane,Hockley,SS5 5HG
Received Not publishedAshlyns Farm, Epping Road, North Weald, Epping, CM16 6RZ
Received 7 Dec 2022Thomas Lord Audley School,Monkwick County Infant School,School Road,Colchester,CO2 8NN
Received 31 Aug 1999The Sweyne Park School, Sir Walter Raleigh Drive, RAYLEIGH, SS6 9BZ
Received 7 Oct 2016Land North Of Generals Lane Roundabout, Generals Lane, Boreham. Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 3HJ
Received 4 Dec 2024CSS South Quadrant, Fairview Road, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1PW
Received 13 Jun 2022St Andrews C of E Primary School,Mandeville Road,Marks Tey,Colchester,CO6 1HL
Received 19 Nov 1998A127/A130 Fairglen Interchange
Received 7 Jul 2021Boreham Quarry, Wallace's Farm, Waltham Road,Gt Holts & Wallaces Farm,Boreham,Chelmsford,CM3 3AU
Received 6 Sept 1999Crumps Farm,Stortford Rd,Little Canfield,Great Dunmow,CM6 1SR
Received 1 Mar 2002Lufkins Farm, Great Bentley Road, Frating, CO7 7HN
Received 31 Jan 2025Bradwell Quarry, Church Road, Bradwell, CM77 8EP, and land south of Cuthedge Lane.
Received 26 May 2023Greenacres, Warehouse, Packards Lane, Wormingford, Essex, CO6 3AH
Received 13 Jun 2022Crumps Farm,Stortford Rd,Little Canfield,Great Dunmow,CM6 1SR
Received 12 Oct 2012Land at Dollymans Farm, Doublegate Lane, Rawreth, Wickford, SS11 8UD
Received 15 Feb 2022Lyons Hall School,Deerleap Way,Braintree,CM7 9DH
Received 8 Apr 1998Records 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 Essex County 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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