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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886 approved · 122 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chase End The Green Great Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8LX
Received 15 May 2026The Priory Estate St Osyth Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 8NZ
Received 15 May 2026120 Forrester Road Mistley Manningtree Essex CO11 2FJ
Received 15 May 2026Land North of Harwich Road Great Bromley CO7 8SZ
Received 15 May 2026Fox Barn 39 The Street Kirby Le Soken Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 0EG
Received 18 May 202631 Abbey Crescent Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0LH
Received 18 May 2026Outside 90 Old Vicarage Road Dovercourt Essex CO12 4BY
Received 19 May 2026Land adjoining Ipswich Road and Wick Lane Ardleigh Essex CO7 7QL
Received 18 May 2026The Nutshell 56 Landermere Road Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0LL
Received 19 May 2026On Green rear to The Red Lion Public House South Street Manningtree Essex CO11 1BG
Received 18 May 202610 School Lane Lawford Manningtree Essex CO11 2HZ
Received 18 May 2026Annexe at Vancouver Shair Lane Tendring Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 9AE
Received 18 May 202623 Stourdale Close Lawford Manningtree Essex CO11 2HY
Received 18 May 202639 Park Square West Jaywick Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 2NT
Received 19 May 2026Mistley Methodist Church Chapel Cut Mistley Essex CO11 1JX
Received 18 May 2026Land Fronting Walton Road Kirby Le Soken Essex CO13 0DA
Received 19 May 2026350 St Johns Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 8DS
Received 19 May 2026Land R/O West Manston Windmill Road Bradfield Manningtree Essex CO11 2QR
Received 18 May 2026Land to The rear of 14 to 16 South Street Manningtree Essex CO11 1BB
Received 19 May 2026Land to The rear of 14 to 18 South Street Manningtree Essex CO11 1BB
Received 19 May 202619 Lumber Leys Walton On The Naze Essex CO14 8SS
Received 20 May 2026Land adjacent 45 Abbigail Gardens Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 6QS
Received 20 May 2026Near to The Lodge Park Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7SP
Received 21 May 2026Near to Ardleigh Park Park Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7SP
Received 21 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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