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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886 approved · 122 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Blackbird Harwich Road Lawford Manningtree Essex CO11 2JS
Received 20 Jan 2026Ship Mews 444 Old Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 3SB
Received 20 Jan 202649 Valley Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 4AH
Received 20 Jan 2026Bushwood Rectory Road Weeley Heath Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 9BL
Received 20 Jan 2026Near White Gates Frating Hill Frating Essex CO7 7DG
Received 20 Jan 2026Near Gordon House Main Road Frating Essex CO7 7DJ
Received 20 Jan 2026Near Gordon House Main Road Frating Essex CO7 7DJ
Received 20 Jan 2026Valley Farm Golden Lane Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0LE
Received 20 Jan 2026Land Within Morrisons Car Park Freshfields Road Harwich Essex CO12 4EN
Received 21 Jan 2026Land Within Morrisons Supermarket Freshfields Road Harwich Essex CO12 4EN
Received 21 Jan 2026Olde School House Wignall Street Lawford Manningtree Essex CO11 2JJ
Received 21 Jan 20261 Wellesley Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 3PP
Received 21 Jan 202614 Windmill Park Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 3RX
Received 21 Jan 2026Gamekeepers Place Ravens Green Little Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8TA
Received 21 Jan 20269 Coronation Villas Harwich Road Beaumont Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0AS
Received 21 Jan 202627 Glebe Way Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9HR
Received 22 Jan 2026401 Main Road Harwich Essex CO12 4ET
Received 22 Jan 2026Stow Farm Kennels Spratts Lane Little Bromley Manningtree Essex CO11 2PR
Received 21 Jan 2026Pump Farm Tendring Road Little Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8SH
Received 22 Jan 2026Leigholm Harwich Road Little Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8SY
Received 22 Jan 20262 Council Houses Great Bentley Road Frating Colchester Essex CO7 7HN
Received 22 Jan 2026Flat 1 Trafalgar House 55 Fourth Avenue Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9DY
Received 22 Jan 2026Hill Farm Bromley Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7SE
Received 22 Jan 202657 High Street Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 1UQ
Received 22 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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