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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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8,274Searchable applications
15Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 7,044 approved or refused records
214Refused applications

6,830 approved · 214 refused · 438 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Dec 1938 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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  1. Decision MadeCC/UTT/23/12

    Continuation of development of new 300 place primary school with 21 staff car parking spaces including one parking space for the disabled, hard and soft play areas, habitat area and associated landscaping without compliance with condition 2 (approved details) attached to planning permission ref: CC/UTT/13/11 to allow new 3m high weld mesh boundary fencing along the south and west boundaries of the site, adjacent to the primary school’s grass playing field.

    St Mary's Primary School, Hampton Road, Foresthall Park, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex

    Received 30 May 2012
  2. Decision MadeCC/HLW/165/02

    Proposed variation of Condition 1 attached to approved application CC/HLW/13/97 to allow the retention of 3 relocatable classrooms until 31 October 2005

    William Martin CofE Infant & Nursery School,Tawneys Road,Harlow,CM18 6PW

    Received 23 Oct 2002
  3. Decision MadeCC/UTT/38/19/6/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 6 – Written Scheme of Investigation CC/UTT/38/19 (The construction of two single storey extensions to provide an SEN group room and relocated first aid and storage facilities. The provision of a temporary classbase for a period of eight years until 2027.

    Dunmow St Marys Primary School, High Stile, Great Dunmow, CM6 1EB

    Received 6 Sept 2019
  4. Decision MadeESS/60/15/TEN/SO

    Change of use of land to form minor extension of vehicles breakers yard including alterations to crossover, erection of building and construction of new internal road and turning area (resubmission of ESS/30/15/TEN) - Screening opinion

    Auto Spares Station Yard, Great Bentley Road, Thorrington, CO7 8HT

    Received 21 Dec 2015
  5. Decision MadeESS/40/06/MAL

    Continuation of use for waste composting without compliance with Conditions 4 (visibility splay), 6 (vehicular movements) and 7 (type of waste) attached to planning permission ESS/04/95/MAL with provision of widened access, revision of vehicle limit to no more than 20 vehicle movements per day exceeding 7.5 tonnes gvw and up to 40 vehicle movements per day below 7.5 tonnes gvw and the importation of soils and sands

    Loamylands Farm,Loamy Hill Road,Tolleshunt Major,Maldon,CM9 8LS

    Received 7 Aug 2006
  6. Decision MadeCC/CHL/145/07

    Reception area extension and internal alterations

    Downham C of E School,Church Road,Ramsden Heath,Billericay,CM11 1NU

    Received 2 Oct 2007
  7. Decision MadeESS/55/00/ROC

    Temporary installation of landfill gas flare for gas migration control system

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

    Received 18 Dec 2000
  8. Decision MadeESS/14/12/CHL/SO

    The use of the site as a waste storage and recycling centre for demolition and construction waste. Proposed associated development to include the installation of a weighbridge, office portacabin, various containers and bays for the storage of material, a 2m high perimeter fence and the construction of a new internal access and road

    Land at Ashtree Farm, Roxwell Road, Boyton Cross, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 4LP

    Received 18 Jan 2012
  9. Decision MadeESS/118/22/EPF/14/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 14 (Scheme to Minimise the Risk of Offsite Flooding) - ESS/118/22/EPF: Change of use to a construction and demolition waste recycling facility, with site office, hardstanding and boundary treatment

    Arnolds Farm Business Centre, 221 Ongar Road, Lambourne, Romford, Essex, RM4 1RH

    Received 19 Jul 2024
  10. Decision MadeCC/TEN/43/01

    Moving an existing relocatable classbase from its current location & reinstating within the school grounds to allow for a permanent classbase extension to be constructed

    Frobisher Primary & Nursery School,Frobisher Drive,Jaywick,Clacton on Sea,CO15 2QH

    Received 25 Apr 2001
  11. Decision MadeCC/EPF/42/14/NMA/1

    Amendment of the approved brick for the façade link from the ‘Wienerburger Docklands Yellow Multi’ to the ‘Wienerburger Hampstead Yellow’.

    Staples Road Primary School, Staples Road, Loughton, IG101HR

    Received 17 Mar 2015
  12. Decision MadeESS/23/14/COL/53/2

    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 Jan 2016
  13. Decision MadeCC/CHL/04/15

    The retention of 4 classbases for a temporary period until 31 August 2020 without compliance with Condition 2 (time limit) attached to planning permission CC/CHL/109/10

    Barnes Farm County Infant School, Henniker Gate, Chelmsford, CM2 6QH

    Received 12 Jan 2015
  14. Decision MadeESS/83/19/UTT/5/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 5 – Maintenance and management plan for planning application ref: ESS/83/19/UTT (Surface water drainage and treatment scheme)

    Widdington Pit, Hollow Road, Widdington, CB11 3SL

    Received 7 Oct 2021
  15. Decision MadeESS/44/14/ROC

    Continuation of the importation of waste to develop a coastal nature reserve without compliance with condition 2 (compliance with submitted details) attached to permission ref ESS/09/14/ROC to allow modifications to the landform design within Cells 1 and 5, including a net reduction of suitable natural waste material in Cell 1 by approximately 450,000m3.

    Land at Wallasea Island, Rochford, SS4 2HD

    Received 31 Oct 2014
  16. Decision MadeESS/47/12/COL/SO

    Retrospective change of use of land within the Bellhouse Quarry site from its previous use as part of an area of hard standing to a use for the temporary storage of dormant plant and equipment associated with the previous sand and gravel processing plant.

    Bellhouse Pit, Warren Lane, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0NN

    Received 28 Jun 2012
  17. Decision MadeESS/46/14/TEN/21/2

    Details pursuant to Condition 21 Noise monitoring Survey of Planning permission ref no: ESS/46/14/TEN (Continuation of extraction of silica sand and gravel with restoration of the land to agriculture, achieved through the infilling of inert materials and commercial and industrial waste residue following mechanical and biological treatment, without compliance with Condition 2 (Approved Details) of planning permission ESS/18/07/TEN to allow changes to the cell arrangement and proposed phasing at Martells Quarry , Slough Lane, Ardleigh, Essex, CO7 7RU)

    Martells Quarry , Slough Lane, Ardleigh, Essex, CO7 7RU

    Received 28 Jul 2017
  18. Decision MadeCC/CPT/50/05

    Creation of 1 disabled parking bay and 5 standard parking bays and extension of dropped kerb

    Canvey Island Library,High Street,Canvey,SS8 7RB

    Received 28 Apr 2005
  19. Decision MadeESS/10/18/BTE/11/1

    Details pursuant to Condition 11 (Plant Site Layout) of Planning permission ESS/10/18/BTE for the “Continuation of use of land for mineral extraction and ancillary use without compliance with Conditions 2 (Approved Details); 6 (Plant Site Layout) and 47 (Soil Storage Arrangements) of planning permission ESS/39/14/BTE granted 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” to enable the re-phasing of the working and restoration of the site, changes in soils bunds configuration and to provide car parking for visitors in the ancillary plant site area

    Colemans Farm Quarry, Little Braxted Lane, Rivenhall End, WITHAM, CM8 3EX

    Received 19 Jul 2019
  20. Decision MadeESS/05/22/COL

    Continuation of Mineral Extraction and ancillary use without compliance with Condition 2(b) (Duration) and 18 (Importation Duration) of planning permission ref: ESS/52/17/COL (Revised) that itself was a Variation of Condition of a previous permission to now allow for an extended timescale to both complete the extraction and restoration of Five Ways Fruit Farm and to complete the importation of mineral from Bellhouse Quarry into Stanway Quarry

    Bellhouse Quarry and Landfill Site, Warren Lane, Stanway, CO3 0NN

    Received 5 Jan 2022
  21. Decision MadeESS/41/15/TEN/34/1

    Noise monitoring pursuant to Condition 34 of planning application ref: ESS/41/15/TEN (Construction of an agricultural reservoir)

    Lufkins Farm, Great Bentley Road, Frating

    Received 20 Jan 2020
  22. Decision MadeESS/33/14/COL

    Erection of a staff welfare building

    Colchester Quarry Dry Silo Mortar Plant, Warren Lane, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0NN

    Received 2 Jul 2014
  23. Decision MadeESS/47/10/ROC/27/1

    Scheme of working for the green waste composting

    Cory Environmental, Mucking Hall Road, Barling Magna, Southend-on-sea, SS3 0NR

    Received 12 Oct 2011
  24. Decision MadeESS/31/00/CHL

    Proposed deletion of condition 11 attached to approved application ESS/21/99/CHL to allow the receipt of waste from outside the administratvie areas of Essex County Council and Southend on Sea Borough Council

    Broomfield Pit,Essex Regiment Way,Broomfield,Chelmsford,CM3 3PR

    Received 17 Jul 2000

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