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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886 approved · 122 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Walnut Tree Carringtons Road Great Bromley Colchester Essex CO7 7XA
Received 6 Feb 202644 Pole Barn Lane Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9NJ
Received 6 Feb 2026Walnut Tree Carringtons Road Great Bromley Colchester Essex CO7 7XA
Received 6 Feb 202626 Mill Street St Osyth Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 8EJ
Received 9 Feb 202619 Hall Lane Dovercourt Harwich Essex CO12 3TE
Received 9 Feb 202618 High Street Manningtree Essex CO11 1AD
Received 6 Feb 202618 High Street Manningtree Essex CO11 1AD
Received 6 Feb 2026Land at 72 Hungerdown Lane Lawford Manningtree Essex CO11 2LX
Received 6 Feb 2026St Johns Plant Centre Earls Hall Drive Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 8BP
Received 6 Feb 202641 Dover Road Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0PS
Received 9 Feb 2026Swallowsfield Field Colchester Road Wix Manningtree Essex CO12 2RN
Received 9 Feb 202629 Bemerton Gardens Kirby Cross Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 0LQ
Received 9 Feb 2026Creeky Cottage 48 Mill Street Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0SZ
Received 9 Feb 2026113 Hampstead Avenue Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 7JF
Received 9 Feb 2026155 Old Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 3AU
Received 9 Feb 20265 Queen Elizabeth Mews Elmstead Colchester Essex CO7 7XP
Received 10 Feb 2026University Yacht Club 45 Waterside Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0AZ
Received 10 Feb 2026Thorpe Road Weeley Essex
Received 10 Feb 2026The Limes High Street Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0EA
Received 10 Feb 2026High View Fox Street Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7PS
Received 11 Feb 202633 Kings Parade Holland On Sea Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 5JB
Received 11 Feb 2026Land South of Verity Gardens Weeley Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 9FA
Received 11 Feb 2026The Yard Lime Street Brightlingsea Essex CO7 0BH
Received 11 Feb 20262A Wash Lane Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 1UW
Received 11 Feb 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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