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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.
6,825 approved · 214 refused · 438 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Dec 1938 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land between River Way and A1184 (Cambridge Road), Harlow
Received 21 Aug 2023Goodman House,Station Approach,Harlow,CM20 2ET
Received 26 Jul 2011Highwood Quarry, Stortford Road, Little Easton, Near Great Dunmow, Essex
Received 25 Jul 2019Sandon Quarry, Southend Road, Sandon, Howe Green, Essex, CM2 7TE
Received 2 Sept 2014Bulls Lodge Quarry (Boreham Airfield), Generals Lane, Boreham, Chelmsford, CM3 3HR
Received 28 Oct 2024Green Recycling Ltd, Quayside Industrial Park, Bates Road, Maldon, Essex, CM9 5FA
Received 2 Apr 2020Wheelers Farm,Little Waltham,Chelmsford,CM3 3LZ
Received 26 Mar 200127 Viking Way,27 Viking Way,Canvey
Received 5 May 1998Bradwell Quarry, Church Road, Bradwell, CM77 8EP, and land east of Sheepcotes Lane
Received 17 Dec 2019Baddow Hall Junior School New Road Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7QZ
Received 18 Jun 2026Ashlyns Farm, Epping Road, North Weald, Epping, CM16 6RZ
Received 15 Apr 2024Land at Bellhouse Farm South
Received 30 Jan 2025Land at Rivenhall Airfield, Coggeshall Road, Braintree, CO5 9DF
Received 7 Feb 2025Felmore Primary School,Davenants,Pitsea,Basildon,SS131QZ
Received 9 Jun 2004Land off Beach Road, St Osyth
Received 8 Oct 1997Sandon Quarry,Southend Road,Chelmsford,CM2 7TE
Received 25 Nov 2009Barling Marsh Quarry and Landfill Site,Mucking Hall Road,Barling Magna,Rochford,SS3 0NR
Received 9 Jun 2017Coxtie Green Road,Coxtie Green Road,Coxtie Green,Brentwood,CM14 5PN
Received 11 Jun 1994Chapter House, Carmelite Way, Maldon, Essex, CM9 5FX
Received 24 Sept 2026Shalford Primary School,Church End,Shalford,Braintree,CM7 5EZ
Received 13 Jul 2006Greenacres, Packards Lane, Wormingford, CO6 3AH
Received 25 Jan 2021Land North Of Generals Lane Roundabout, Generals Lane, Boreham. Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 3HJ
Received 18 Nov 2024Church Langley Primary School,Church Langley Way,Church Langley,Harlow,CM17 9TH
Received 26 Jul 2006Barling Landfill,Barling Marsh Quarry and Landfill Site,Mucking Hall Road,Barling Magna,Rochford,SS3 0NR
Received 1 Aug 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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