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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.
6,824 approved · 214 refused · 438 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Dec 1938 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Rivenhall Airfield Coggeshall Road (A120) Braintree CO5 9DF
Received 17 Nov 2021Buck Rogers Car Breakers,Lower Farm,Steeple Road,Mayland,Maldon,CM3 6EG
Received 4 Mar 2002Lufkins Farm, Great Bentley Road, Frating, CO7 7HN
Received 12 Nov 2021Edith Borthwick School, Springwood Drive, Braintree, CM7 2YN
Received 9 May 2016Hedingham School,Yeldham Road,Sible Hedingham,Halstead,CO9 3QH
Received 13 Oct 1999Cobbs Farm, Maldon Road, Goldhanger, Maldon. CM9 8BQ
Received 13 Sept 2012Purdeys Industrial Estate,Purdeys Way,Rochford
Received 30 Jul 2009Veolia E S Uk Ltd, Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea, Basildon, SS164UH
Received 15 Mar 2012Great Clacton Junior School,Burrsville Infant School,Craigfield Avenue,Clacton on Sea,CO15 4HR
Received 18 Jul 2001Land at Dollymans Farm, Doublegate Lane, Rawreth, Wickford, SS11 8UD
Received 6 Oct 2023Pitsea Landfill Site, Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea, SS16 4UH
Received 5 Dec 2017Bellhouse Quarry and Landfill Site, Warren Lane, Stanway
Received 21 Jul 2015Gosfield County Primary School,The Street,Gosfield,Halstead,CO9 1ST
Received 26 May 2006Cressing County Primary School,Braintree Road,Tye Green,Cressing,Braintree,CM77 8JE
Received 7 Jul 2011Mayflower School,Stock Road,Billericay,CM12 0RT
Received 22 Dec 1997Kingswode Hoe School,Sussex Road,Lexden,Colchester,CO3 3QJ
Received 10 Feb 2011Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School, Church Road, Hatfield Peverel, Essex, CM3 2JX
Received 13 Oct 2023Rayleigh Primary School, Love Lane, Rayleigh, SS6 7DD
Received 4 Sept 2013Colemans Farm Quarry, Little Braxted Lane, Rivenhall End, WITHAM, CM8 3EX
Received 16 Apr 2019Ravenscroft County Primary School,Nayland Drive,Clacton on Sea,CO16 8TZ
Received 13 Dec 2006Crumps Farm, Stortford Road, Little Canfield, Great Dunmow, CM6 1SR
Received 25 Feb 2020Land at Colchester Quarry, Warren lane, Stanway Colchester C03 0NN
Received 8 Feb 2019Haven Quay,Haven Road,Colchester
Received 5 Sept 2008Notley Green County Primary School,Blickling Road,Great Notley,Braintree,CM7 7LJ
Received 23 Aug 2007Records 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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