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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.
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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.
6,830 approved · 214 refused · 438 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Briscoe County Junior & Infant School,Felmores End,Pitsea,Basildon
Received 10 Jul 2001Glenwood School Rushbottom Lane Thundersley Benfleet Essex SS7 4LW
Received 22 Jan 2026Land off St Luke's Way, Runwell, Wickford
Received 12 Jul 2021Woodham Walter C of E Primary School,The Street,Woodham Walter,Maldon,CM9 6RF
Received 7 Jun 2010Land at Keelars & Sunnymead farms,Wivenhoe Quarry,Alresford Road,Wivenhoe,Colchester,CO7 9JY
Received 19 Apr 1995Millhouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School,Tavistock Road,Laindon,Basildon,SS155QF
Received 10 Apr 2001Alresford Primary School, Ford Lane, Alresford, CO7 8AU
Received 6 Sept 2018Bulls Lodge Quarry,Generals Lane,Boreham,Chelmsford,CM3 3HR
Received 21 Aug 2008Wethersfield Primary School,Silver Street,Wethersfield,Braintree
Received 29 Jun 2004Leverton House,Dark Lane,Great Warley,Brentwood,CM14 5LL
Received 13 May 2005Auto Spares Station Yard, Great Bentley Road, Thorrington, CO7 8HT
Received 21 Dec 2015St John Ambulance Building1 Victoria Road, Walton-on the Naze, Essex CO14 8BU,Walton-on-the-Naze,CO14 8BY
Received 6 Sept 2005Land between Beaulieu Park (north of Generals Lane), Boreham Parish, and Deres Bridge Roundabout on A131, Great & Little Leighs Parish, to the north east of Chelmsford
Received 10 Sept 2024Chelmer Valley High School,Court Road,Broomfield,Chelmsford,CM1 7ER
Received 21 Sept 2001St Margarets CE Primary School,Church Lane,Toppesfield,Halstead,CO9 4DS
Received 14 Oct 2003Newport,Chalk Farm Quarry,Chalk Farm,Newport,Saffron Walden,CB11 3RX
Received 17 Dec 1982Bradwell Power Station, Bradwell on Sea, Southminster, Essex, CM0 7HP
Received 4 Apr 2017Sandon Quarry,Southend Road,Chelmsford,CM2 7TE
Received 5 Nov 2001Tany's Dell County Primary School,Mowbray Road,Harlow,CM20 2LS
Received 12 Feb 2010Wick Farm, Ardleigh RESERVOIR,Crown Quarry (Ardleigh Reservoir Extension),Old Ipswich Road,Tendring,Colchester,CO7 7QR
Received 26 Feb 2013Notley Green County Primary School,Blickling Road,Great Notley,Braintree,CM7 7LJ
Received 5 Feb 2004Land at Rayne Quarry, Dunmow Road, Braintree, Essex, Rayne
Received 30 Jun 2020Lyons Hall School,Deerleap Way,Braintree,CM7 9DH
Received 28 Sept 2009Sumners County Primary School,Sumners Road,Harlow
Received 14 Jan 2002Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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