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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.
6,823 approved · 214 refused · 438 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Newport Chalk Quarry, Chalk Farm Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex
Received 14 Sept 2020Cottis Yard, Welton Way SS4 1LB,Purdeys Industrial Estate,Purdeys Way,Rochford
Received 14 Oct 2005St Clere's Hall Pit,Main Road,Danbury,Chelmsford,CM3 4AR
Received 6 Mar 2013Stebbing Primary School, High Street, Stebbing, CM6 3SH
Received 20 Jul 2020Bradwell Pit,Bradwell Quarry,Coggeshall Road,Bradwell,Braintree,CM77 8EP
Received 7 Nov 1995The Mountfitchet High School, Forest Hall Road, Stansted, CM24 8TZ
Received 26 Nov 2020Recycling Centre for Household Waste,Springwood Drive,Braintree,CM7 2YN
Received 13 Oct 2004Newport Chalk Quarry, Chalk Farm, Chalk Farm Lane, Newport, Essex, CB11 3RX
Received 13 Feb 2018North & West Essex Adult Community College, Rivermill Centre, Hodings Road, Harlow, CM201NW
Received 13 Nov 2014Little Easton Airfield,Little Easton,Dunmow,CM6 2BB
Received 17 Dec 2013Bellhouse Quarry and Landfill Site, Warren Lane, Stanway, Essex, C03 0NN
Received 13 May 2015Land at Martells Quarry, Slough Lane, Ardleigh, Essex, CO7 7RU
Received 23 Apr 2024Castledon School,Bromfords Drive,Wickford,SS12 0PW
Received 27 Aug 2008Bradwell Outdoors, Waterside Road, Bradwell-on-sea, Southminster, CM0 7QY
Received 21 Nov 2011Epping Junior School,23 St Johns Road,Epping,CM16 5DN
Received 23 Aug 2001Latchingdon CofE Primary School,The Street,Latchingdon,Maldon,CM3 6JS
Received 22 Aug 2007Longwood Place, 110 High Road, Langdon Hills, Basildon, Essex, SS16 6HY
Received 13 Oct 2022Mid Essex Gravel Pits Ltd, Essex Regiment Way, Little Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 3PZ
Received 31 Jul 2013Newport Chalk Quarry, Chalk Farm Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex
Received 16 Oct 2023Elsenham Quarry,Hall Rd,Elsenham,Bishops Stortford,CM22 6DJ
Received 14 Sept 1989Halstead Anaerobic Digestion Facility, Land north of Bluebridge Industrial Estate, Halstead, Essex
Received 9 Oct 2020Billericay Library & Register Office,Burstead Lodge,High Street,Billericay,CM12 9AB
Received 20 Aug 2007Ardleigh St. Marys C Of E Primary School, Colchester Road, Ardleigh, Colchester, CO7 7NS
Received 3 Oct 2012Land allocated for a new primary school under Land South of Limebrook Way and East of Maldon Wick, Maldon, Essex
Received 5 Apr 2023Records 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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