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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886 approved · 122 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Oaklands Cottage High Street Great Oakley Harwich Essex CO12 5AT
Received 24 Jul 2026Roline Harwich Road Great Bromley Colchester Essex CO7 7UL
Received 24 Jul 2026The Panthers Station Road Thorrington Colchester Essex CO7 8JA
Received 24 Jul 2026Land at Parsonage Farm Church Road Elmstead Essex CO7 7AP
Received 24 Jul 20265 School Road Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9LA
Received 24 Jul 2026Land North of Thorpe Road Kirby Cross Essex CO13 0LT
Received 27 Jul 2026Homelea Colchester Main Road Alresford Colchester Essex CO7 8DG
Received 24 Jul 2026Saxons 105 Holland Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 6HB
Received 28 Jul 2026Rear of 140 Point Clear Road St Osyth Essex CO16 8JA
Received 28 Jul 2026Lilac Cottage Wignall Street Lawford Manningtree Essex CO11 2JL
Received 27 Jul 202642 West Field Lane St Osyth Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 8GW
Received 27 Jul 2026Turpins Grove Frietuna Road Kirby Cross Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 0QP
Received 27 Jul 2026Wheelwrights Colchester Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7NP
Received 27 Jul 202654 Connaught Avenue Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9PR
Received 27 Jul 2026Bathside Bay Stour Road Harwich Essex CO12 3HF
Received 27 Jul 202654 Connaught Avenue Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9PR
Received 27 Jul 2026Wheelwrights Colchester Road Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7NP
Received 27 Jul 2026Abbots Manor Church Hill Lawford Manningtree Essex CO11 2JX
Received 27 Jul 2026Great Clacton Hall 28 North Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 4DA
Received 27 Jul 202637 Dugmore Avenue Kirby Le Soken Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 0ED
Received 27 Jul 2026Fairview Glebe Place Tendring Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0DR
Received 28 Jul 202654 York Road Holland On Sea Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 5NW
Received 28 Jul 2026Bromley Cross Pub Ardleigh Road Great Bromley Colchester Essex CO7 7TL
Received 28 Jul 2026Blue Gates Farm Carringtons Road Great Bromley Colchester Essex CO7 7UZ
Received 29 Jul 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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