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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886 approved · 122 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 45 Abbigail Gardens Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 6QS
Received 6 Jan 2026Furze Hill Recreation Ground Shrubland Road Mistley Essex CO11 1HS
Received 2 Jan 2026Elm Todd Little Clacton Road Great Holland Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 0EX
Received 6 Jan 2026Land rear of Una Road Una Road Parkeston Essex CO12 4PS
Received 6 Jan 202640 Sherwood Drive Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 4EB
Received 6 Jan 202626 Hawkins Road Alresford Colchester Essex CO7 8ED
Received 6 Jan 2026Jacques Hall School Harwich Road Bradfield Manningtree Essex CO11 2XW
Received 7 Jan 2026Verge at Waste Transfer Station Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7SL
Received 7 Jan 2026Ash Court Main Road Harwich Essex
Received 8 Jan 2026Somerfield Supermarket 270 High Street Harwich Essex CO12 3PD
Received 7 Jan 20264 Blake Close Lawford Manningtree Essex CO11 2JR
Received 8 Jan 2026Grain Yard Sturrick Lane Great Bentley Essex CO7 8PT
Received 8 Jan 2026Suffolk Barn Mauds Court Long Lane Tendring Essex CO16 0BG
Received 8 Jan 2026The Acorns Turpins Lane Kirby Cross Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 0PB
Received 8 Jan 2026Land Adj 5 Hurst Green Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0HG
Received 8 Jan 2026O/s 1 Tower Street Brightlingsea Essex CO7 0AL
Received 9 Jan 2026Somerfield Supermarket 270 High Street Harwich Essex CO12 3PD
Received 12 Jan 2026147 Connaught Avenue Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9AH
Received 8 Jan 2026Old Chicken Farm Thorpe Road Little Clacton Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 9RZ
Received 8 Jan 2026High Birch Farmhouse High Birch Road Weeley Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 9BU
Received 9 Jan 2026524 St Johns Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 8DY
Received 8 Jan 20261 Cranswick Place Lawford Manningtree Essex CO11 2FY
Received 8 Jan 20263 Harcourt Avenue Dovercourt Harwich Essex CO12 4NT
Received 9 Jan 20268 Church View Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7TG
Received 12 Jan 2026Records 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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