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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886 approved · 122 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Premier Inn Ipswich Road Colchester Essex CO4 9WP
Received 15 Jan 202617 Rosewood Park Mistley Manningtree Essex CO11 1UA
Received 14 Jan 202617 Rosewood Park Mistley Manningtree Essex CO11 1UA
Received 14 Jan 202616 Dorset Close Holland On Sea Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 5XP
Received 15 Jan 20263 The Coppice Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 1HY
Received 15 Jan 2026The Lupins Chapel Road Beaumont Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0AR
Received 15 Jan 2026Somerfield Supermarket 270 High Street Harwich Essex CO12 3PD
Received 19 Jan 2026Existing MUGA Within Crossways Recreation Ground Crossways Jaywick Essex CO15 2NB
Received 15 Jan 2026Existing MUGA Within Crossways Recreation Ground Crossways Jaywick Essex CO15 2NB
Received 15 Jan 2026The Old Mistley Clinic New Road Mistley Essex CO11 1ER
Received 16 Jan 20261 Connaught Gardens West Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 6HX
Received 16 Jan 2026Wheelwrights Colchester Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7NP
Received 16 Jan 2026Land at North of White Lodge Crescent Thorpe Le Soken Essex CO16 0HT
Received 16 Jan 2026Church of St Mary Church Hill Lawford Essex CO11 2JX
Received 19 Jan 2026Land South of Frinton Road Thorpe Le Soken Essex CO16 0HS
Received 16 Jan 202661 The Street Kirby Le Soken Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 0EG
Received 19 Jan 2026Little Clacton Lodge Lodge Road Little Clacton Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 9QD
Received 19 Jan 2026The Birches Golden Lane Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0LE
Received 19 Jan 2026O/s 214 Point Clear Road St Osyth Essex CO16 8JD
Received 19 Jan 2026127 St Osyth Road West Little Clacton Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 9NY
Received 19 Jan 202668A - 70A Pier Avenue Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 1NH
Received 19 Jan 202668A - 70A Pier Avenue Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 1NH
Received 19 Jan 2026Land rear of 172 Point Clear Road St Osyth Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 8JB
Received 19 Jan 202654 Western Promenade St Osyth Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 8NA
Received 20 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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