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6,824 approved · 214 refused · 438 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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  1. Decision MadeCC/BRW/30/21/4/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 4 – External window design to residential units 1.03, 1.05, 2.03 and 2.05 for 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)

    Shenfield Library, Hutton Road, Shenfield, CM15 8NJ

    Received 24 Jan 2023
  2. Decision MadeCC/TEN/03/10

    Extension and remodelling of existing outbuilding on eastern side of the main school building, to provide a small caretaker workshop and extended community use areas

    Walton on the Naze County Primary School,Standley Road,Walton on the Naze,CO14 8PT

    Received 11 Jan 2010
  3. Application WithdrawnESS/44/06/COL

    Continuation of use as a quarry without compliance with Condition 2 (application details) attached to planning permission ESS/36/00/COL, under provisions of revised phasing of restoration to ensure completion by 20 June 2011

    Villa Farm, Tiptree Quarry, Tiptree,Grange Road,Tiptree,Colchester,CO5 0QQ

    Received 21 Jun 2006
  4. Decision MadeESS/29/03/COL

    Temporary installation of a landfill gas flare for gas migration control prior to the installation of landfill gas utilisation facility already permitted

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

    Received 23 May 2003
  5. Decision MadeCC/UTT/37/10

    Proposed front entrance/admin extension & alterations. Proposed replacement modular classroom building

    Clavering Primary School,Stortford Rd,Clavering,Saffron Walden,CB11 4PE

    Received 3 Mar 2010
  6. Decision MadeESS/78/21/TEN

    The construction of a Motor Control Centre (MCC) Kiosk inside Brightlingsea Terminal Pumping Station

    Brightlingsea TPS (Terminal Pumping Station), Brightlingsea CO7 0HP

    Received 19 Aug 2021
  7. Decision MadeCC/MAL/31/04

    Provision of additional hard play surface of approx 670m2 (inclusive of new footpaths to existing playgrounds) constructed from bituminous macadam

    Burnham on Crouch County Primary School,Dunkirk Road,Burnham on Crouch,CM0 8LG

    Received 16 Feb 2004
  8. Decision MadeCC/EPF/47/16

    Proposed erection of a new part single and part two storey school extension, internal refurbishment of reception classes, erection of canopy outside reception area, together with associated parking and landscaping works

    White Bridge Primary School, Loughton, IG10 3DR

    Received 30 Sept 2016
  9. Decision MadeESS/34/15/BTE/25/1

    Details pursuant to condition 25 (Clearence of contaminated materials) of ESS/34/15/BTE. ESS/34/15BTE for Variation of condition 2 (application drawings) of planning permission ESS/55/14/BTE to allow amended layout of the Integrated Waste Management Facility. The Integrated Waste Management Facility comprising: Anaerobic Digestion Plant treating mixed organic waste, producing biogas converted to electricity through biogas generators; Materials Recovery Facility for mixed dry recyclable waste to recover materials e.g. paper, plastic, metals; Mechanical Biological Treatment facility for the treatment of residual municipal and residual commercial and industrial wastes to produce a solid recovered fuel; De-inking and Pulping Paper Recycling Facility to reclaim paper; Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP) utilising solid recovered fuel to produce electricity, heat and steam; extraction of minerals to enable buildings to be partially sunken below ground level within the resulting void; visitor/education centre; extension to existing access road; provision of offices and vehicle parking; and associated engineering works and storage tanks. And approval of details required by condition (the details taking account of the proposed amended drawings), the conditions sought to be discharged are as follows: 6 (access road, cross over points), 13 (Signage, Telecommunications & Lighting at Woodhouse Farm complex), 14 (Stack design and finishes), 15 (design details and construction materials), 17 (management plan for the CHP), 18 (green roof), 20 (construction compounds, parking of vehicles), 22 (foul water management), 23 (surface water drainage and ground water management), 24, (groundwater monitoring), 37 (signs on access road at footpath crossings), 43 (lighting scheme during construction), 45 (phasing scheme for access road, retaining wall and mineral extraction), 50 (fencing - temporary and permanent), 53 (ecological survey update), 54 (Habitat Management Plan update), 57 (landscaping - bunding & planting), 59 (trees, shrubs and hedgerows - retention and protection), 60 (tree management and watering adjacent to retaining wall), 61 (Woodhouse Farm parking and landscaping), 62 (traffic calming measures at River Blackwater for otters and voles) and 63 (access road crossing points - lining and signing)

    Woodhouse Farm, Woodhouse Lane, KELVEDON, CO5 9DF

    Received 21 Dec 2016
  10. Decision MadeESS/52/13/UTT/64/2

    Details pursuant to condition 64 (Waste inputs & secondary outputs for 2018) of Planning permission ESS/52/13/UTT. ESS/52/13/UTT was a variation to “Winning & working of sand and gravel, erection of a concrete plant, workshop & ancillary buildings/importation & treatment of inert material to produce secondary aggregate & reclamation material for progressive restoration to landscaped farmland”

    Highwood Quarry, Stortford Road, Little Easton, Near Great Dunmow, Essex

    Received 25 Feb 2019
  11. Decision MadeCC/BAS/102/21/15/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 15 – Plant Noise – 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 1 Sept 2023
  12. Decision MadeESS/65/06/UTT/4/2

    Deer monitoring

    Preferred Area K, Liitle Easton,Little Easton Airfield,Little Easton,Dunmow,CM6 2BB

    Received 4 Apr 2014
  13. Decision MadeCC/BAS/146/02

    Proposed variation of condition 1 attached to approved application CC/BAS/19/97 to allow the retention of 2 relocatable classrooms until 15 September 2005

    Fairhouse Community Junior & Infant School,Long Riding,Basildon,SS141QP

    Received 20 Aug 2002
  14. Decision MadeCC/ROC/106/20/12/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 12 - Surface Water Management Plan - Extension to school to provide six additional classrooms, toilets, an office, plant and a storeroom to increase the school by one form entry (150 pupils), relocation of container, open linked canopy and the provision of a substation with associated works CC/ROC/106/20

    The Sweyne Park School, Sir Walter Raleigh Drive Rayleigh SS6 9BZ

    Received 12 Mar 2021
  15. Decision MadeCC/EPF/77/05

    Temporary wood and safety glass canopy to provide sheltered external teaching area for reception class

    High Ongar Primary School,The Street,High Ongar,Ongar,CM5 9NB

    Received 7 Jun 2005
  16. Decision MadeCC/BAS/87/08, CPT/88

    Upgrading of the A13/A130/B1464 Sadlers Farm Junction and adjoining A13 road west to the Pitsea Interchange and A130 road north to the Rayleigh Spur roundabout. Revisions to the scheme approved under planning permission CC/BAS/105/07 and CC/CPT/106/07 as detailed in the revised supporting statement forming part of this planning application and shown on the application plans and drawings

    A13/A130 Sadlers Farm Junction,London Road,Basildon

    Received 13 Jul 2008
  17. Decision MadeESS/19/17/BTE/40/5

    Details pursuant to Condition 40 (Fixed Plant and Buildings) of Planning permission ESS/19/17/BTE that was for “A new sand and gravel quarry at Broadfield Farm, to the west of Rayne, near Braintree, comprising the phased mineral extraction of some 3.66m tonnes of sand and gravel; the installation of a processing plant and ancillary buildings and infrastructure; the construction of a quarry access onto the B1256; the construction of a permanent screening landform; the construction of temporary screen mounds in defined locations around the perimeter of the quarry; the phased restoration of the extraction area using indigenous soil; overburden and clay from within the application site to a land use mixture of arable agriculture, lowland acid grassland, lowland meadow, woodland, lake and reedbeds; and public access via proposed public rights of way”

    Rayne Quarry, Dunmow Road, Braintree, Essex, Rayne

    Received 16 Sept 2022
  18. Decision MadeESS/09/20/EPF/19/4

    Bioaerosol monitoring pursuant to condition 19 of planning permission ref: ESS/09/20/EPF (Continued operation of composting facility without compliance with condition 4 (waste catchment area) attached to planning application ESS/29/18/EPF to allow waste to be imported from beyond the existing defined catchment area at Ashlyns Farm, Epping Road, North Weald, Epping, CM16 6RZ.)

    Ashlyns Farm, Epping Road, North Weald, Epping, CM16 6RZ

    Received 18 May 2023
  19. Decision MadeCC/BTE/72/21/3/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 3 – Hard & Soft Landscape Plan (Demolition of 3no. existing temporary classrooms. The construction of a standalone single storey building, comprising 3no. classrooms, toilet facilities, plant and storage together with associated ancillary works. Provision of 2no. temporary classbases for the duration of the construction works) CC/BTE/72/21

    Great Bardfield Primary School, Braintree Road, Great Bardfield, Essex CM7 4RN

    Received 29 Jun 2022
  20. Decision MadeCC/EPF/08/17/NMA1

    Non material amendment to planning application ref: CC/EPF/08/17 (Junction 7a M11) to allow additional works to trees to accommodate the re-location of utilities from Gilden Way, Harlow

    Gilden Way and Sheering Road public highways and land between Sheering Road and M11 Motorway

    Received 25 Sept 2018
  21. Application WithdrawnESS/79/96/COL

    Vary#3 CC/COL/26/82 Deposit Waste.

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

    Received 22 Nov 1996
  22. Decision MadeCC/BTE/150/05/LB

    Provision of new disabled access ramp to main entrance

    Halstead Library,Bridge Street,Halstead,CO9 1HU

    Received 4 Nov 2005
  23. Decision MadeCC/HLW/38/23

    Installation of an external condenser unit

    Potter Street Primary School, Carters Mead Harlow, Essex, CM17 9EU

    Received 27 Apr 2023
  24. Decision MadeCC/CPT/32/17

    The continuation of the development for the demolition of the former Montgomerie Infants School building and the erection of a new Special Needs School with associated car and cycling parking, landscaping and infrastructure without compliance with condition 2 approved drawings of pp CC/CPT/64/15 for the retrospective installation of external flues

    Application site formally used by Montgo, Land adjacent to Glenwood Special School, Rushbottom Lane, Thundersley, Benfleet, SS7 4LW

    Received 16 Jun 2017

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