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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886 approved · 122 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 Harwich Road Lawford Manningtree Essex CO11 2LP
Received 7 Sept 2026Morrisons Supermarket Centenary Way Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 9SB
Received 7 Sept 2026Frinton Library 59 Old Road Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9DA
Received 7 Sept 20261 Harbour View Black Boy Lane Wrabness Manningtree Essex CO11 2TP
Received 7 Sept 202619 Chapel Croft Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7TQ
Received 7 Sept 2026Plot 4A The Meadows Little Clacton Essex CO16 9SE
Received 8 Sept 2026Plot 4B The Meadows Little Clacton Essex CO16 9SE
Received 8 Sept 2026Outside of 50 Fourth Avenue Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9DX
Received 7 Sept 2026Ring Cottage Little Clacton Road Great Holland Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 0EU
Received 7 Sept 202611 Blake Drive Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 8ED
Received 7 Sept 2026Dolphins Windmill Road Bradfield Manningtree Essex CO11 2QN
Received 8 Sept 202618 Barley Lane Elmstead Colchester Essex CO7 7GY
Received 9 Sept 20263 Second Avenue Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9ER
Received 8 Sept 2026Linksview 5 Second Avenue Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9ER
Received 8 Sept 20268 Hastings Place Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0PB
Received 8 Sept 2026High Birch Farmhouse High Birch Road Weeley Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 9BU
Received 8 Sept 2026Land off Cranford Close Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9LT
Received 7 Sept 2026Morrow House Morrow Lane Ardleigh Colchester Essex CO7 7NG
Received 8 Sept 202624 The Esplanade Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9AU
Received 8 Sept 2026Site East of Lifehouse Spa (Horse Field) Frinton Road Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0JD
Received 8 Sept 2026Mirth 75 Second Avenue Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9LY
Received 8 Sept 202614 Michael Wright Way Great Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8GH
Received 9 Sept 2026St Marys Road Great Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8NJ
Received 8 Sept 20262 Washford Gardens Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 1XA
Received 9 Sept 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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