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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886 approved · 122 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
139 High Street Harwich Essex CO12 3AX
Received 21 Apr 2026Tennis Courts Hall Lane Walton On The Naze Essex
Received 22 Apr 20262 Hilton Close Manningtree Essex CO11 1DE
Received 22 Apr 2026Land North of Hartley Wood Weeley Heath Essex
Received 22 Apr 2026Land South of The Leys Clay Lane St Osyth Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 8HH
Received 23 Apr 2026Land to The West of Clacton Road Mistley Essex CO11 2HN
Received 23 Apr 2026Land East of Main Road Great Holland Essex CO13 0JH
Received 22 Apr 20267 Colchester Road Weeley Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 9JT
Received 22 Apr 202685 Regent Road Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0NN
Received 22 Apr 202636 Jaywick Lane Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 8BD
Received 22 Apr 2026Land North and South of A133 Clacton Road Elmstead Essex CO7 7FD
Received 22 Apr 2026Wellesley Service Station 179 Wellesley Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 3QE
Received 22 Apr 2026Hawthorn The Street Bradfield Manningtree Essex CO11 2UU
Received 22 Apr 2026Shell Corner Filling Station Colchester Road Little Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8RX
Received 23 Apr 202633 Mary Warner Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7RP
Received 23 Apr 2026Harewood Surgery Harwich Road Great Oakley Harwich Essex CO12 5AD
Received 23 Apr 202630 Standard Avenue Jaywick Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 2LW
Received 24 Apr 202625 Pound Farm Drive Dovercourt Harwich Essex CO12 4LB
Received 24 Apr 2026127 Marine Parade East Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 5AB
Received 24 Apr 2026Park Corner Cottage Bromley Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7SJ
Received 24 Apr 202630 Main Road Great Holland Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 0JL
Received 27 Apr 20262 Glebe Hill Cottages Harwich Road Beaumont Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0AU
Received 27 Apr 2026The Birches Golden Lane Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0LE
Received 27 Apr 20265 Chapel Lane Kirby Cross Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 0NF
Received 27 Apr 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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