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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Essex County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
8,262Searchable applications
17Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 7,038 approved or refused records
214Refused applications

6,824 approved · 214 refused · 438 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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  1. Decision MadeESS/47/17/BAS/SO

    Use of existing building as a Waste Transfer Station for 49,000tpa of food and green waste until the 31 December 2019

    Waste Transfer Station, Pitsea Landfill, Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea Basildon SS16 4UH

    Received 30 Aug 2017
  2. Decision MadeESS/49/22/UTT/8/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 8 – Noise impact assessment for planning application ref: ESS/49/22/UTT (Excavation of minerals; use of land for skip hire, waste recycling, waste transfer and composting; and restoration of land with the deposit of inert waste)

    Widdington Pit, Hollow Road, Widdington, Essex, CB11 3SL

    Received 5 Jul 2023
  3. Decision MadeCC/BAS/164/05

    The retention of one double and two single relocatable classroom units at Pitsea Junior School until 31 December 2008 without complying with Condition 1 (time limit) attached to planning permission CC/BAS/115/00

    Pitsea Junior School,Pitsea Junior School,High Road,Pitsea,Basildon,SS133AB

    Received 22 Dec 2005
  4. Decision MadeCC/MAL/113/04

    Internal adaptations of existing sports facilities together with re-entrant infill and equipment store extension, provision of parking bays and ramps for use by people with disabilities

    St Peters High School,Southminster Road,Burnham on Crouch,CM0 8QB

    Received 8 Oct 2004
  5. Decision MadeESS/79/96/COL/1

    Deposit of household & solid, non-hazardous commercial & industrial waste.

    Bellhouse & Abbotstone Landfill Site,Warren Lane,Stanway,Colchester,CO3 0NN

    Received 22 Nov 1996
  6. Decision MadeCC/CPT/88/25

    Replacement of existing windows and doors

    Hadleigh Library, 180 London Road, Hadleigh, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 2PD

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  7. Decision MadeCC/EPF/24/11

    A 2/3 storey extension to the existing school building comprising 6 classrooms, 4 group rooms, storage areas/rooms and associated circulation areas and facilities

    St Johns CE Primary School,High Road,Buckhurst Hill,IG9 5RX

    Received 7 Apr 2011
  8. Decision MadeCC/BRW/30/21/NMA1

    Non-material amendment to planning application ref: CC/BRW/30/21 (Three storey building providing a new library, commercial unit and 9 residential units alongside associated access, parking, servicing, utilities and landscaping) seeking the relocation of the disabled toilet within the commercial unit and the removal of the internal door between the commercial unit and the library, changes to the ground floor residential stairwell configuration and the rearrangement of the plant room/bike store at the rear of the building

    Shenfield Library, Hutton Road, Shenfield, CM15 8NJ

    Received 22 Jun 2023
  9. Decision MadeCC/TEN/111/03

    Temporary school accommodation during construction period

    Colbayns High School,Pathfields Road,Clacton on Sea,CO15 3JL

    Received 11 Aug 2003
  10. Decision MadeESS/02/24/CHL

    Continued operation of the waste transfer and recycling facility without compliance with conditions 1 (approved details), 5 (external storage areas and heights) and 21 (hours of operation) attached to planning application ref: ESS/17/17/CHL to allow changes to the approved site layout including provision for a new workshop/maintenance building, a new workshop/storage building and a number of new units/portacabins for staff welfare; additional storage bays and amended areas for the storage of materials/waste, plant/machinery and vehicles including car parking; and extended hours of operation (retrospective)

    Land at Regiment Business Park, Eagle Way, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 3FY

    Received 23 Jan 2024
  11. Decision MadeCC/CHL/15/21/10/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 10 – Surface water drainage scheme for planning application ref: CC/CHL/15/21 (new Primary School and Early Years Nursery)

    Land off St Luke's Way, Runwell, Wickford

    Received 12 Jul 2021
  12. Decision MadeESX/21/93/BAS

    Building & Contractors Waste Transfer Station. (Orginally the resolution required a legal agreement, following a change in circumstances the application was reconsidered and a s106 was no longer required)

    Archers Fields,Burnt Mills,Basildon,SS15 6DX

    Received 12 May 1993
  13. Decision MadeCC/COL/20/17/9/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 9 – Details of covered cycle spaces and scooter spaces - CC/COL/20/17 (Erection of a two storey building for educational purposes, new informal and formal hard play areas, parking area, Multi Use Games Area and ancillary development)

    Stanway Fiveways Primary School, Winstree Road, Stanway, CO3 0QG

    Received 16 Feb 2018
  14. Decision MadeCC/EPF/31/19

    Expansion of the existing tennis courts from 3 courts to 4 courts. Erection of new fencing around the courts

    West Hatch High School, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 5BT

    Received 21 May 2019
  15. Decision MadeCC/CPT/14/25

    Change of use of the building (Block B) from Use Class C2to Use Class C2 (boarding accommodation) and/or Use Class F1 (Classroom support space) associated with Glenwood School together with associated external alterations to the building

    Glenwood School, Rushbottom Lane, Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 4LW

    Received 6 Feb 2025
  16. Decision MadeESS/07/15/COL/SO2

    Retrospective application for continuation of use as a closed landfill site without compliance with Condition 1 (Development Details and Contour Plans) attached to planning permission ESX/30/93/COL and ESS/41/03/COL to allow the retention of post settlement contours across the site and boundary with the Abbotstone North site.

    Colchester Quarry (Bellhouse), Warren Lane, Colchester, Essex

    Received 5 Feb 2015
  17. Decision MadeESS/105/21/TEN/2/1/NMA

    Continuation of construction of an irrigation reservoir without compliance with Condition 3 (Approved Details) of Planning Permission ESS/24/15/TEN that was for "Construction of an irrigation reservoir involving the excavation, processing and removal of sand, gravel and soils, engineering works and ancillary buildings" to now provide for retrospective revisions to the location and design of the peripheral environmental bund, aggregate processing plant, mineral stockpile and storage areas, the site entrance, the internal access road and site water management and the addition of a mobile soil screening plant

    Elmstead Hall, Elmstead, Colchester, Essex

    Received 16 Jun 2022
  18. Decision MadeESS/65/21/TEN/SO

    Change of use of land to form extension of vehicle breakers yard, including processing of end-of-life vehicles, new access, erection of new operational building, new internal road and turn area, parking and storage of vehicles & metals, landscaping, noise fencing, infrastructure and ancillary works

    Auto Spares, Station Yard, Great Bentley Road, Thorrington, CO7 8HY

    Received 22 Jun 2021
  19. Decision MadeESS/39/23/BTE/35/09

    Notification of out of hours working on 13 November 2024 at the IWMF site. Notification as required by condition 35 of ESS/39/23/BTE. ESS/39/23/BTE is the extant planning permission for the Integrated Waste Management Facility

    Land at Rivenhall Airfield, Coggeshall Road, Braintree, CO5 9DF

    Received 14 Nov 2024
  20. Decision MadeCC/BTE/107/10/11/1

    Construction of a combined foot and cycle bridge, approach ramps and connecting foot/cycleway between Mill Park Drive and Charter Way, adjacent to Braintree Freeport Railway Station, over the Braintree to Witham branch railway.

    Braintree Freeport Village, Charter Way, Braintree, CM7 78YH

    Received 17 Apr 2012
  21. Decision MadeEPF/729/77

    Continued Extraction of Sand & Gravel, Expired June 1978 (Valid date unknown, Application Date shown)

    Luxborough Lane 2,Luxborough Lane,Chigwell,IG7 6BJ

    Received Not published
  22. Decision MadeESS/20/99/BTE

    Extension to existing workshop

    Bellcroft,Bellcroft,Eastways Ind. Estate,Witham

    Received 1 Jul 1999
  23. Decision MadeESS/31/24/COL/26/01

    Details pursuant to condition 26 (Post-Excavation Assessment) of planning permission ref: ESS/31/24/COL (Change of use of agricultural land to a waste management use and construction of a concrete pad to enable the extension of green waste open windrow composting operations, topsoil blending and storage operations, construction of a new surface water attenuation lagoon and perimeter landscaped soil bunds)

    Birch Airfield, Blind Lane, Birch, Essex, CO5 9XE

    Received 8 Jul 2026
  24. Decision MadeCC/BTE/104/06

    Replacement of existing chain link fencing with 2.2m metal palisade fencing and gates

    Howbridge CE Junior School (also CM8 1DJ),Howbridge Road,Witham,CM8 1BZ

    Received 14 Jul 2006

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