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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
8,263Searchable applications
16Recorded 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6,825 approved · 214 refused · 438 withdrawn.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: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/41/16/MAL/SO

    Retention of temporary LLWMF at Bradwell site until 31 December 2019

    Bradwell Nuclear Power Station,Bradwell on Sea,Maldon,CM0 7HP

    Received 14 Oct 2016
  2. Decision MadeESS/57/98/COL

    Provision of access road, hardstanding area 3 measurement flumes & sampling chambers, storm tank & extension to inlet works

    Colchester WwTW,Haven Road,The Hythe,Colchester,CO2 8HT

    Received 18 Sept 1998
  3. Decision MadeCC/COL/10/20

    Continuation of development of and use as a Primary School without compliance with conditions 2 (approved details) and 13 (Construction Management Plan) attached to planning permission ref CC/COL/35/19, to allow the use of Nuthatch Chase as a secondary construction access for a temporary time period.

    Lakelands Primary School, Land off Wagtail Mews, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8AL

    Received 17 Jan 2020
  4. Decision MadeCC/CPT/11/13

    The continued use of seven relocatable classbases for a temporary period until 31 August 2016 without compliance with Condition 2 (time limit) attached to planning permission CC/CPT/40/10

    Glenwood School, Rushbottom Lane, Benfleet, SS7 4LW

    Received 26 Feb 2013
  5. Decision MadeESS/51/01/CHL

    Deposit of sub-soil to regularize levels in connection with A131 Great Leighs Bypass Scheme

    Land off Moulsham Hall Lane Great Leighs, North of Moulsham Hall Lane.,Between Strawbrook Hill and Great Notley Garden Village

    Received 26 Oct 2001
  6. Decision MadeCC/UTT/35/07

    Change of use to Library, including the installation of handrail, signage, hardstanding and new automatic doors to provide entrance, together with minor internal works (part retrospective)

    15 Church Street (Temp Library),Saffron Walden,CB10 1JW

    Received 16 Mar 2007
  7. Decision MadeESS/51/08/ROC/5/1

    Before topsoils and subsoils are stripped a detailed Scheme of Soil Movement and Storage shall be submitted for the written approval of the Minerals Planning Authority, in consultation with Natural England. Such scheme shall take the results of the Salinity Report (dated February 1991) and the applicants’ letter of 16 August 1991 to MAFF into account. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the Minerals Planning Authority, the soil handling scheme shall: identify the areas to be treated; be based on treating each 25cm layer of subsoil with gypsum prior to stripping. (In order to achieve the maximum mixing effect); and specify the rate and the method of gypsum application. Soils shall be moved and stored in accordance with the approved scheme.

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

    Received 11 May 2012
  8. Decision MadeCC/CPT/01/13

    The erection and use of a hammer cage

    Castle View School, Foksville Road, Canvey Island, SS8 7FH

    Received 18 Dec 2012
  9. Decision MadeESS/23/14/COL/22/01

    Extension of Stanway Quarry on land at Five Ways Fruit Farm (FWFF) via the extraction of 2.95m tonnes of sand and gravel; extraction of remaining 0.5m tonnes of sand and gravel from Stanway Quarry; processing of remaining 1.5m tonnes of sand and gravel from Bellhouse Quarry to be imported via the existing conveyor link to Stanway Quarry by 31 October 2026 (amended via condition to tie in with the timescales permitted under ref ESS/07/01/COL/REV); retention of the existing sand and gravel processing plant, Dry Silo Mortar Plant, concrete plant, access roads, weighbridge and related infrastructure until 31 October 2026; retention of the existing inert recycling operation and associated mobile plant parking area until 31 December 2037; restoration of FWFF area using existing indigenous soils, clay and soil forming material from within the application site within 7 years of commencement of operations at FWFF; importation of approximately 2.35m cubic metres of inert waste material for the restoration of the central / eastern Stanway Quarry void by 31 December 2037; and implementation of a comprehensive restoration scheme for the application site comprising agricultural land, orchard, woodland, grassland, lakes, habitat creation and informal public access via permissive routes

    Stanway Quarry and Five Ways Fruit Farm, Warren Lane, Colchester, Stanway, CO3 0NN

    Received 27 Mar 2015
  10. Decision MadeCC/EPF/08/17/20/2

    Details pursuant to Condition 20 – Noise Mitigation Plan for planning application ref: CC/EPF/08/17 (Junction 7a M11)

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

    Received 26 Oct 2020
  11. Decision MadeCC/UTT/124/07/LB

    Installation of 1 no new cast iron vent, nominal size 225mm x 225mm to provide additional ventilation to basement and the internal redecoration wotks to the basement area

    Clarance House,22 Watling Street,Thaxted,Dunmow,CM6 2PJ

    Received 30 Aug 2007
  12. Application WithdrawnESS/55/15/BAS

    Continuation of the construction and use of an Anaerobic Digestion Facility permitted under planning permission ref. ESS/13/14/BAS with amendment to Condition 2 (application details) to allow for amendment to the design, layout and plant of the Anaerobic Digestion Facility

    Marsh Farm, Vange by-pass, Basildon, Essex, SS16 4QG

    Received 16 Oct 2015
  13. Application WithdrawnCC/CPT/44/11

    Installation of a two part public art work sculpture associated with the Roscommon Way extension constructed of willow and concrete.

    Roscommon Way Canvey Island,Roscommon Way,Canvey

    Received 5 Jul 2011
  14. Decision MadeCC/BTE/25/26/01/01

    Details pursuant to Condition 1 (Notification of Commencement) – CC/BTE/25/26: Erection of a new single-storey building to provide classrooms, a studio and ancillary spaces, including PV Panels, together with an associated outdoor learning area, extended car park, new hard play areas, improved access from Public Footpath No. 61, secure cycle parking, refuse store, ASHPs, and ancillary development

    St Peter's Church Of England Primary School, Myneer Park, Coggeshall, Essex, CO6 1YU

    Received 24 Sept 2026
  15. Decision MadeESS/22/14/ROC/10/01

    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
  16. Decision MadeESS/83/97/UTT

    Vary #2 (ESX/11/92/UTT) & #6 (ESS/19/97/UTT) Opening days

    Ugley Landfill Site,Ugley Landfill Site,Cambridge Road,Stansted Mountfitchet,CM22 6HT

    Received 24 Nov 1997
  17. Decision MadeCC/ROC/60/08

    Erection of a new two storey passenger lift extension and construction of an access ramp

    The Sweyne Park School,Pearson Avenue,Rayleigh,SS6 9BZ

    Received 29 May 2008
  18. Decision MadeESS/28/18/ROC/20/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 20 – Revised boundary treatment for the outside storage area, south of the existing MRF, for planning application ref: ESS/28/18/ROC (Extension to the existing Materials Recovery Facility)

    James Waste Management, Purdeys Industrial Estate, Brickfields Way, Rochford, SS4 1NB

    Received 10 Jan 2020
  19. Decision MadeCC/TEN/24/01

    Positioning of relocatable classroom on playing field and single storey classroom extension to infill courtyard

    Chase Lane Primary School,Chase Lane,Dovercourt,Harwich,CO12 4NB

    Received 26 Feb 2001
  20. Decision MadeCC/COL/08/13

    The continuation of development at St James CofE Primary School without compliance with Condition 2 (approved details) attached to planning permission CC/COL/42/12 to allow minor material amendments to the approved scheme

    St. James School, Guildford Road, Colchester, CO1 2RA

    Received 11 Feb 2013
  21. Decision MadeESS/19/17/BTE/33/3

    Details pursuant to Condition 33 (Dust) 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.

    Land at Rayne Quarry, Dunmow Road, Braintree, Essex, Rayne

    Received 13 May 2022
  22. Decision MadeCC/HLW/07/16

    The continued use of a classroom for a temporary period until 31 August 2021 without compliance with Condition 2 (time limit) attached to planning permission CC/HLW/38/11

    Hare Street Primary School, Little Grove Field, Harlow, Essex, CM19 4BU

    Received 11 Mar 2016
  23. Decision MadeESS/50/13/BTE/SO

    The continued use of the existing site for the importation, treatment, storing, processing of inert waste materials and secondary aggregates with the addition of the importation, treatment, storing, processing of 6000 tonnes per annum of hazardous and non-inert waste and four sealed storage containers.

    Batemans Farm, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, CM3 1PU

    Received 24 Sept 2013
  24. Decision MadeESS/36/21/BTE/13/1

    Details pursuant to Conditions 5 (Tree Protection); 7 (CEMP); 10 (Skylarks); 12 (Archaeology); 13 (Geoarchaeology); 19 (Dust Management) and 21 (Soil Handling) of planning permission ESS/36/21/BTE that was for the Proposed western extension to the current site using existing approved facilities (site access, plant site, mineral processing plant and other ancillary facilities); including for the diversion of the Burghey Brook; with restoration to arable land using imported inert restoration materials, and on-site materials in advance of the A12 road widening and improvement national infrastructure project

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

    Received 5 Feb 2024

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