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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6,824 approved · 214 refused · 438 withdrawn.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: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/97/MAL

    Vary #1 17/95/MAL. Life

    Broomfield Farm,Broomfields Farm,Lea Lane,Great Braxted,Witham,CM8 3ER

    Received 24 Jan 1995
  2. Decision MadeCC/HLW/18/17/NMA1

    Non-Material Amendment to planning application CC/HLW/18/17 – Installation of additional tarmac hard standing and provision of perimeter edge protection

    Kingsmoor Academy, Ployters Road, Harlow, CM18 7PS

    Received 19 Oct 2017
  3. Decision MadeCC/CHL/101/10

    The construction of 5 new residential cabins measuring approximately 4.4m in height, 9.4m in length and 6.8m in width; a catering unit measuring approximately 5.7m in height, 23.7m in length and 9.2m in width; new office extension measuring approximately 3.2m in height, 9.2m in length and 5.8m in width; and external canopy measuring approximately 4.8m in height, 9.2m in length and 5.3m in width, with associated works and drainage including replacement of existing high-ropes course.

    Danbury County Youth Camp,Well Lane,Danbury,Chelmsford,CM3 4AB

    Received 10 Sept 2010
  4. Decision MadeCC/EPF/64/02

    Temporary change of use to residential institution (Class C2) for a period of 2 years

    Former Beis Shammai/Debden Park High School,St Johns CE Primary School,High Road,Buckhurst Hill,IG9 5RX

    Received 1 May 2002
  5. Decision MadeESS/13/18/CPT

    Change of use of land from light commercial industrial to waste transfer station

    Yard 1, Charfleets Road, Canvey Island, SS8 0PQ

    Received 18 May 2018
  6. Decision MadeCC/BAS/102/21/25/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 25 – Bin Store – CC/BAS/102/21: Demolition of existing school buildings and structures and the construction of a two-storey building with revised parking, landscaping, boundary treatments and associated facilities

    Css South Quadrant, Fairview Road, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1PW

    Received 7 Oct 2022
  7. Decision MadeCC/CHL/85/03/REV

    Update on Submission of Details on Erection of 210 place Primary School with associated landscaping

    Land adjacent to Brook End Road,Chelmsford

    Received 10 Sept 2003
  8. Decision MadeESS/111/22/UTT/SO

    EIA SCREENING OPINION: Continuation of the importation of inert material, installation and use of recycling plant and the final disposal of inert residues to facilitate restoration of the site to calcareous grassland, together with the continued extraction of chalk reserve (application ref: ESS/42/18/UTT) without compliance with condition 6 (HGV movements) to allow an increase in the permitted number of daily HGV movements

    Newport Chalk Quarry, Chalk Farm Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex

    Received 18 Nov 2022
  9. Decision MadeESS/47/10/ROC/SO

    Application to revise the pre-settlement contours of the existing landfill operation through the importation of non-hazardous waste, with associated extension in time requiring all operations to have ceased and the site to be restored by 31 December 2016. The application also provides for open windrow composting of green waste to take place at the site, with the product used for soil improvement at the site, and revision of localized post settlement contours , including the infilling of a pond at Barling Marsh Quarry and Landfill, Mucking Hall Road, Barling Magna.

    Barling Marsh Quarry and Landfill Site,Mucking Hall Road,Barling Magna,Rochford,SS3 0NR

    Received 24 Aug 2016
  10. Decision MadeCC/BAS/96/23

    Proposed replacement roof and windows to south western wing of school

    Brightside County Junior And Infant School, Brightside, Billericay, Essex, CM12 0LE

    Received 31 Oct 2023
  11. Decision MadeCC/BTE/159/01

    Provision of a new underbridge, which crosses the A131 just South of its junction with the existing A120, as part of the A120 Stansted to Braintree scheme approved UTT/02/96 & BTE/02/96

    PANNERS UNDERBRIDGE, GREAT NOTLEY,Stansted to Braintree A120,Braintree

    Received 1 Nov 2001
  12. Decision MadeESS/27/18/BTE

    Continued operation of the anaerobic digestion plant without compliance with conditions 4 (hours of operation) and 22 (waste catchment) attached to permission ref. ESS/04/15/BTE to allow the operations to commence at 07:00am Monday to Saturday and waste to be imported from beyond the existing 30 mile radius catchment

    Halstead Anaerobic Digestion Facility, Land north of Bluebridge Industrial Estate, Halstead, Essex

    Received 29 Aug 2018
  13. Decision MadeCC/BAS/33/20/12/1

    Details pursuant to Condtion 12 - Construction Management Plan (The construction of an early years centre for 56 children, including outdoor play space, landscaping, cycle storage, staff parking and associated infrastructure CC/BAS/33/20)

    Dunton Fields Early Years Centre, Land off Warwick Crescent, Laindon, Basildon SS15 6LW

    Received 13 Jan 2021
  14. Decision MadeESS/22/14/ROC/12/01

    Outline planning application with some matters reserved for a materials recovery facility seeking to import; sort and separate; and export domestic, commercial/industrial, construction, inert, food and green waste

    Land to the east of Brickfields Way, Brickfields Way, Rochford, SS4 1NB

    Received 24 Mar 2015
  15. Decision MadeESS/113/22/BAS

    Redevelopment and consolidation of an existing Materials Recycling Facility (MRF)

    Land At Archers Fields, Pitsea, Basildon, Essex, SS13 1DH

    Received 21 Nov 2022
  16. Decision MadeCC/BTE/144/03

    Construction of a brick built lift shaft for disabled access on the eastern elevation of the sports block (Block B)

    Alec Hunter School,Stubbs Lane,Braintree,CM7 3NR

    Received 24 Oct 2003
  17. Decision MadeESS/48/05/CHL/SPO

    Scoping opinion- Proposed construction of an irrigation reservoir at Chignal Hall Farm, Chignal St James, Chelmsford with the sand and gravel excavated being processed at Roxwell Quarry

    Chignal Hall Farm,Roxwell Landfill,Chignal St James,Chelmsford,CM1 4TZ

    Received 10 Nov 2005
  18. Decision MadeCC/BAS/14/96

    School Fencing

    Millhouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School,Tavistock Road,Laindon,Basildon,SS155QF

    Received 23 Oct 1996
  19. Decision MadeCC/EPF/66/11/5/1

    Single storey extension comprising three classbases and associated facilities together with improvement works to external access paths

    Ivy Chimneys C P School,Ivy Chimneys Road,Epping,CM16 4EP

    Received 29 Feb 2012
  20. Decision MadeESS/23/13/BTE/27/01

    A waste management facility for the transfer/bulking of municipal waste. Proposed development includes a waste transfer building; dual weighbridge; weighbridge kiosk; office and staff welfare buildings; firewater holding tank and pump-house; underground surface water retention and pipework; package sewage treatment plant; vehicle wash system; staff parking and associated hard-standing areas; new surface access way; alternative vehicle access; fencing and landscaping; and other associated works

    Cordons Farm, Long Green, Cressing, Braintree, CM778DL

    Received 13 Nov 2013
  21. Decision MadeCC/TEN/38/18/NMA1

    Details pursuant to Non Material Amendment 1 - Alteration to the location of the existing and proposed cycle parking spaces and scooter parking resulting in the loss of 10 cycle parking spaces, provision of additional car parking space and relocation of sheds - CC/TEN/ 38/18 (Proposed construction of a standalone 2 storey building to provide 4no. classrooms with associated facilities, 2no. practical spaces, studio and increased circulation together with the provision of 8no. car parking spaces and additional cycle/scooter parking spaces to allow the expansion of the school to a 2FE Primary School)

    Hamford C P School, Elm Tree Avenue, Walton On The Naze, CO14 8TE

    Received 2 Mar 2020
  22. Appeal DecidedESS/76/12/CPT

    Change of use of the site from storage land to the manufacture and storage of blocks using waste tyres as raw material and the storage and sale of waste tyre products and the use of existing offices.

    Level D, Fulton Road, Manor Trading Estate, Benfleet, SS7 4PZ

    Received 5 Dec 2012
  23. Decision MadeESS/111/22/UTT/16/2

    Details pursuant to Condition 16 – Noise monitoring for planning application ref: ESS/111/22/UTT (Importation of inert material, installation and use of recycling plant and the final disposal of inert residues to facilitate restoration of the site to calcareous grassland, together with the continued extraction of chalk reserve)

    Newport Chalk Quarry, Chalk Farm Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex

    Received 22 May 2024
  24. Decision MadeESS/02/94/COL

    Landfill Gas Control / Electricity Gen.

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

    Received 5 Jan 1994

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