Understanding planning · 13 min read
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886 approved · 122 refused · 20 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Mobile Mini Workshop And Associated Storage Land Riverside Avenue West Lawford Manningtree Essex CO11 1UN
Received 17 Sept 202631 Woodside Walton On The Naze Essex CO14 8NP
Received 18 Sept 2026Land at Makins Road Parkeston Essex CO12 4QD
Received 18 Sept 2026Laurel Cottage Ravens Green Little Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8TA
Received 22 Sept 202618 Ford Lane Alresford Colchester Essex CO7 8AS
Received 22 Sept 2026Land Between The Hawthorns and 1 Heath Road St Osyth Essex CO16 9BS
Received 22 Sept 202650 New Street Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0DD
Received 22 Sept 2026New Mistley House Anchor Lane Mistley Manningtree Essex CO11 1NG
Received 10 Sept 2026The Pightle Thorrington Road Great Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8PR
Received 23 Sept 2026Slough House Farm Great Bentley Road Frating Colchester Essex CO7 7HW
Received 23 Sept 2026Ye Olde Swan 15 High Street Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0AE
Received 23 Sept 2026Ye Olde Swan 15 High Street Brightlingsea Colchester Essex CO7 0AE
Received 23 Sept 2026101 Frinton Road Holland On Sea Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 5UN
Received 24 Sept 2026Morrisons Supermarket Waterglade Retail Park Old Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 1HX
Received 24 Sept 2026New Hall Farm Landermere Thorpe Le Soken Clacton On Sea Essex CO16 0NH
Received 24 Sept 2026Adult Community Learning St Osyth Road Clacton On Sea Essex CO15 3BN
Received 24 Sept 202663 Fourth Avenue Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9DY
Received 24 Sept 20261 Stour Street Manningtree Essex CO11 1DH
Received 24 Sept 2026Highfield House Moors Close Great Bentley Colchester Essex CO7 8QL
Received 25 Sept 202653 Third Avenue Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9EF
Received 25 Sept 2026Sandhurst 57 Old Road Frinton On Sea Essex CO13 9DA
Received 25 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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