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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886 approved · 122 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
87 Fronks Road Dovercourt Harwich Essex CO12 3RY
Received 30 Apr 2026Land off Hammond Drive Ramsey Essex CO12 5FF
Received 1 May 20267 Shingle Way Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 9GF
Received 30 Apr 2026Land adjoining Ipswich Road and Wick Lane Ardleigh Essex CO7 7QL
Received 1 May 2026Land adjoining Ipswich Road and Wick Lane Ardleigh Essex CO7 7QL
Received 1 May 2026Land adjoining Ipswich Road and Wick Lane Ardleigh Essex CO7 7QL
Received 1 May 2026Land adjoining Ipswich Road and Wick Lane Ardleigh Essex CO7 7QL
Received 1 May 2026Land adjoining Ipswich Road and Wick Lane Ardleigh Essex CO7 7QL
Received 1 May 20262 Sea Cornflower Way Jaywick Essex CO15 2EF
Received 30 Apr 2026Land adjoining Ipswich Road and Wick Lane Ardleigh Essex CO7 7QL
Received 1 May 2026Blue Barn Agricultural Barn Clacton Road Elmstead Market Essex
Received 1 May 202632 Sladburys Lane Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 4BE
Received 1 May 202661 Regent Road Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0NN
Received 6 May 2026Land South West of Horsley Cross Roundabout Clacton Road Horsley Cross Essex CO11 2NZ
Received 1 May 2026132 St Osyth Road West Little Clacton Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 9NY
Received 1 May 2026Near 2 Crouch House 54 Waltham Way Frinton On Sea Essex
Received 4 May 20262 Mayflower Mews New Road Mistley Manningtree Essex CO11 2FG
Received 5 May 20267 Charnock Close Kirby Cross Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 0RT
Received 1 May 202636 The Esplanade Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9HZ
Received 5 May 2026Chestnut House 13 Church Road Elmstead Colchester Essex CO7 7AT
Received 5 May 20265 Cliff Way Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9NL
Received 5 May 202621 Kiln Lane Mistley Manningtree Essex CO11 1HQ
Received 6 May 2026Morrisons Supermarket Waterglade Retail Park Old Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 1HX
Received 5 May 2026677 St Johns Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 8BJ
Received 6 May 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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