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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 · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Tendring District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
886 approved · 122 refused · 20 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Mar 2022 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land adjacent to Church Road Elmstead Essex CO7 7AW
Received 16 Dec 2025The Old Bank Brook Street Manningtree Essex CO11 1DJ
Received 17 Dec 2025Crossings Cottage Station Approach Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9JT
Received 17 Dec 202518 High Street Manningtree Essex CO11 1AD
Received 17 Dec 2025Brierley First Avenue Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9EX
Received 17 Dec 2025Woodlands Farm Rectory Road Weeley Heath Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 9BL
Received 17 Dec 2025359A Holland Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 6PD
Received 17 Dec 20252 Goodhall Cottages Coggeshall Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7LR
Received 17 Dec 2025Bovills Hall St Osyth Road Little Clacton Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 9DJ
Received 18 Dec 2025The Pightle Heath Road Mistley Manningtree Essex CO11 2QH
Received 18 Dec 202558 Cambridge Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 3QL
Received 18 Dec 2025Land at The Coign Ash Street Wrabness Essex CO11 2TG
Received 18 Dec 2025Willow Lodge Love Lane Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0QQ
Received 18 Dec 2025DTE Scaffolding Old Ipswich Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7QR
Received 18 Dec 2025O/s 18 Spring Road Brightlingsea Essex CO7 0PJ
Received 19 Dec 2025The Abbey Abbey Street Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0JN
Received 18 Dec 2025Holly Farm Main Road Frating Colchester Essex CO7 7DJ
Received 19 Dec 202510 Becontree Close Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 4UR
Received 19 Dec 2025137 High Street Harwich Essex CO12 3AX
Received 19 Dec 2025137 High Street Harwich Essex CO12 3AX
Received 19 Dec 2025Hartley Wood Solar Farm Weeley Heath Essex
Received 19 Dec 2025Land Between Pork Lane and Thorpe Park Solar Farm Land South of Thorpe-Le-Soken Tendring Essex
Received 19 Dec 202521 Rosemary Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 1NZ
Received 19 Dec 2025O/s 45 Tower Street Brightlingsea Essex CO7 0AN
Received 22 Dec 2025Records 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 Tendring District 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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