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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

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8,263Searchable applications
17Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 7,039 approved or refused records
214Refused applications

6,825 approved · 214 refused · 438 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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  1. Decision MadeCC/BAS/67/08

    Retention on site of three existing relocatable (1 single,1double) units for continued use by the school

    Felmore Primary School,Davenants,Pitsea,Basildon,SS131QZ

    Received 10 Jun 2008
  2. Decision MadeCC/BTE/86/98

    The construction of an indoor swimming pool; alterations to changing rooms & external works, including the provision of additional car parking & alterations to the access road & turning circle.

    Southview Special School (Previously Elm Hall CPS),Conrad Rd,Witham,CM8 2SD

    Received 6 Jul 1998
  3. Decision MadeESS/15/00/COL

    Northern extension of existing sand and gravel workings and restoration to agricultural and amenity use

    Birch Pit, Maldon Road, Birch,Roundbush Corner,Birch Airfield,Birch,Colchester

    Received 18 Apr 2000
  4. Decision MadeESS/31/17/COL

    Retention of existing office building and depot use; demolition of existing building and additional construction of a new open fronted building with internal storage bays to be used as a Waste Transfer Station with ancillary development including a new weighbridge, water holding tank, pump house, new storage container and additional site exit at The Hythe, Colchester, Essex,CO2 8HT

    Daisy House, The Hythe, Colchester, CO2 8HT

    Received 11 Jan 2017
  5. Decision MadeCC/TEN/27/14/09/01

    Demolition of the existing school buildings and the construction of a new replacement school building, 2-storeys in height, suitable for up to 200 pupils/children with varying degrees of special educational needs. The proposal includes new external landscaped areas for staff and visitor car parking, controlled pupil drop-off zone, multi-use games area (MUGA) and hard and soft landscaping, adapting and utilising the existing school entrance on School Road

    Market Field School, School Road, Elmstead, Colchester, CO7 7ET

    Received 22 Sept 2014
  6. Decision MadeESS/73/03/ROC

    Proposed construction of a building to enclose waste transfer activities

    Unit 13,Rawreth Industrial Estate,Raweth Lane,Rayleigh,SS6 9RL

    Received 20 Nov 2003
  7. Decision MadeCC/COL/53/17/11/1

    Details pursuant to condition 11- landscape scheme: CC/COL/53/17: (Redevelopment of existing school site to provide a 200 place Special Education Need and Disability (SEND) School, including on-site boarding accommodation for 30 pupils, with associated external parking area, soft outdoor play area, Multi Use Games Area (MUGA), landscaping and new vehicular and pedestrian access onto Winstree Road and associated ancillary works.)

    Former Heath School, Winstree Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 5QE

    Received 7 Jun 2018
  8. Decision MadeESS/88/23/BAS/SO

    Extension to the permitted site area for green waste composting and consolidation and retention of the following developments: existing green waste composting facility permitted under ESS/05/23/BAS; existing oversize green waste composting facility permitted under ESS/07/23/BAS; and retention of the substation/transformer room and no. 4 storage tanks permitted under planning permission ESS/123/22/BAS

    Veolia ES (UK) Ltd, Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea, Essex, SS16 4UH

    Received 9 Oct 2023
  9. Decision MadeESS/23/08/HLW

    Continue on a permanent basis the production of continuation of development for the production of coated roadstone without compliance with Condition 5 (hours of operation) as attached to planning perm,ission ESS/31/01/HLW, to allow extended night time and introduce Sunday wortking for a period not exceeding 40 days per annum

    Harlow Rail Depot,Station Approach,Harlow,CM20 2EL

    Received 30 May 2008
  10. Decision MadeESS/30/13/TEN/SO

    Retrospective application for use of the site as a storage and distribution facility for waste/reclaim materials and goods. Associated development includes amendments to the existing access, existing loading/unloading areas and the provision of additional signage

    Sladburys Farm, Sladburys Lane, Clacton-on-sea, CO154SS

    Received 14 Jun 2013
  11. Decision MadeCC/TEN/164/07

    Single storey extension to caretaker’s house to provide space for cooking and general behaviour skills teaching

    Spring Meadow County Primary School,Pound Farm Drive,Dovercourt,Harwich,CO12 4LB

    Received 10 Dec 2007
  12. Decision MadeESS/28/23/TEN

    Continuation of Extraction of 3.8 million tonnes of sand and gravel as an easterly extension to the existing Wivenhoe Quarry, erection of sand and gravel processing plant and ancillary facilities, new vehicular access onto the B1027 Brightlingsea Road, and restoration to agriculture and low-level water-based nature conservation habitats, lowland meadow, woodland planting and hedgerow enhancement using approximately 1.2 million cubic metres of imported inert waste material without compliance with Conditions 2 (Approved details), 23 (Restoration Phasing Plan), 28 (Highway improvements and site access road) and 35 (Visibility splays) attached to permission ref ESS/17/18/TEN to allow the extraction and storage on site of sand and gravel (no export of mineral or import of waste) prior to the establishment of the approved access and highway works.

    Land to the South of Colchester Main Road (known as Sunnymead, Elmstead and Heath Farms), Nr Wivenhoe, Alresford, CO7 8DB

    Received 31 Mar 2023
  13. Decision MadeCC/BRW/96/20/3/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 3 – Lighting scheme – The provision of a single storey modular building to provide 'wraparound' childcare for existing pupils of the school during term time at Mountnessing C of E Primary School, 279 Roman Road, Mountnessing, Essex CM15 0UH – CC/BRW/96/20

    Mountnessing Church Of England Primary School, Roman Road, Mountnessing, CM15 0UH

    Received 22 Feb 2021
  14. Decision MadeCC/TEN/19/23

    Extension of existing Primary School (1 form entry expansion) comprising the erection of a new 2 storey teaching block with associated play area, landscaping, car and cycle parking, and alterations to existing school including erection of new canopy and other remodelling works

    Great Bentley Primary School, Plough Road, Great Bentley Essex CO7 8LD

    Received 15 Feb 2023
  15. Decision MadeESS/06/18/MAL/SO

    Continuation of the construction of an agricultural reservoir by the extraction and removal from the site of sand, gravel and surplus soils without compliance with conditions 2 (compliance with submitted details), 27 (planting scheme) and 37 (aftercare) attached to planning permission ref ESS/21/17/MAL, to allow an amended restoration scheme including revised planting, increased agricultural land, altered reservoir profile and wetland swale.

    Cobbs Farm, Maldon Road, Goldhanger, CM9 8BQ

    Received 26 Feb 2018
  16. Application WithdrawnUTT/1294/91

    Sand & Gravel Excavation. Borrow Pit

    Frogs Hall Farm Takeley,Frogs Hall Farm,Bambers Green,Takeley,Bishop's Stortford,CM22 6PE

    Received 13 Nov 1991
  17. Decision MadeCC/TEN/111/07

    New active play area for Early Years

    Spring Meadow County Primary School,Pound Farm Drive,Dovercourt,Harwich,CO12 4LB

    Received 3 Aug 2007
  18. Decision MadeESS/19/17/BTE/33/21

    Details pursuant to Condition 33 (Dust Monitoring) 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, Rayne, Braintree, Essex, CM77 6SB

    Received 26 Sept 2024
  19. Decision MadeESS/39/14/BTE/LA1

    Details pursuant to Legal Agreement associated with ESS/39/14/BTE - Biodiversity Management. ESS/39/14/BTE was for "Extraction of an estimated 2.5 million tonnes of sand and gravel together with the provision of an new access from Little Braxted Lane; and the installation/construction and operation of primary processing and ancillary facilities comprising washing and bagging plant, silt lagoons, weighbridge, site management office, mess room and maintenance workshop; with restoration to agriculture and water based nature conservation habitats.illion tonnes)"

    Land at Colemans Farm, Colemans Farm, Little Braxted Lane, Rivenhall, Witham, CM8 3EX

    Received 26 Jun 2016
  20. Decision MadeESS/57/24/BAS/SO

    Retention of the open windrow green waste composting facility and shredding of oversized green waste and lateral extension of the site to facilitate the introduction of waste wood shredding operations and the retention of existing associated buildings and infrastructure.

    Veolia ES (UK) Ltd, Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea, Essex, SS16 4UH

    Received 8 Oct 2024
  21. Decision MadeESS/39/23/BTE/NMA20

    Non-Material Amendment to the Description of Development of planning permission ESS/39/23/BTE to remove reference to materials processed within the IWMF, together with the re-wording of Condition 29 to include reference to materials processed within the IWMF. ESS/39/23/BTE is an amended planning permission for the Rivenhall Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF)

    Rivenhall IWMF Coggeshall Road Braintree CO5 9DF

    Received 30 Jan 2026
  22. Decision MadeCC/HLW/02/03/REV

    Relocation of existing staff car park for 20 cars to new parking area with turning circle for small goods deliveries & associated landscaping

    Little Parndon Respite Care Unit (Little Parndon Primary School),Park Mead,Harlow,CM20 1PU

    Received 28 Jan 2003
  23. Decision MadeCC/COL/70/10

    Replacement of school’s existing boundary fencing and gates along the north and west boundaries of the school site with new 2.0m high black powder coated steel fencing and gates

    Lexden C P S,Trafalgar Road,Colchester,CO3 9AS

    Received 18 Jun 2010
  24. Decision MadeCC/EPF/24/17/5/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 5 – Arboricultural Protection Measures – CC/EPF/24/17 (The provision of a new all-weather MUGA pitch together with galvanised powder coated metal fence and the provision of a new footpath from the existing playing field entrance)

    Roding Valley High School, Alderton Hill, Loughton, IG10 3JA

    Received 30 Oct 2017

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