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Planning appeals in Essex County Council

Every appeal the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Essex County Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

127

appeals on record since 2016

54%

of decided appeals allowed

43 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 100% allowed

By appeal type

Householder1 decided

0% allowed

Minor7 decided

43% allowed

Major3 decided

67% allowed

Enforcement6 decided

0% allowed

Other110 decided

8% allowed

By procedure

Written representations93 decided

9% allowed

Hearings10 decided

20% allowed

Inquiries24 decided

17% allowed

Latest decisions in Essex County Council

Allowed7 July 2026· major3370673
Pitsea Landfill, Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea, Essex, SS16 4UH
Allowed7 July 2026· major3370672
Veolia E S Uk Ltd, Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea, BASILDON, SS16 4UH
the retention of the open windrow green waste composting facility and shredding of oversized green waste and lateral extension of the site to facilitate the introduction of waste wood shredding operations and the retention of existing associated buildings and i nfrastructure
Unknown3 March 2026· other3346912
Appeal 3346912
Unknown5 November 2025· other3317592
Appeal 3317592
Unknown15 September 2025· other3354840
Takeley, Uttersfield, Essex
Unknown11 September 2025· other3342447
Appeal 3342447
Dismissed1 September 2025· minor3357445
Land South of Archers Field Close, Burnt Mills Industrial Estate, Basildon, Essex, SS13 1DN
an Energy Recovery Facility, ancillary office block and associated infrastructure
Unknown6 March 2025· other3338161
Appeal 3338161
Dismissed17 January 2025· householder3348734
5 Welbeck Drive, Langdon Hills, Basildon, Essex, SS16 6BU
rear first floor extension
Dismissed22 November 2024· minor3327402
Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road, Wormingford, CO6 3AQ
retrospective planning permission for a composting facility to process 25,000 tpa of green waste to include the provision of weighbridge, 0.4ha of hardstanding for windrows and associated landscaping
Dismissed8 November 2024· ldc3347499
22 Britannia Gardens, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BN
described on the Council’s
Unknown22 October 2024· other3328377
Appeal 3328377
Split Decision11 October 2024· enforcement3324623
Land at Fairfields Farm, Fordham Road , Wormingford, Essex , CO6 3AQ
Without the benefit of planning permission, a material change of use of the Land to land used for waste recycling involving the importation, deposit, storage and processing of waste, namely timber, and compost. Without the benefit of planning permission, the installation and operation/use of associated plant, equipment, machinery and storage containers. And operational development including the creation of bunds and erection of netting and supporting poles. Together comprising “the unauthorised development”
Dismissed27 August 2024· major3319411
Boro Farm Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, SAFFRON WALDEN, CB10 1FN
Invalid27 August 2024· minor3306988
Boro Farm, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, SAFFRON WALDEN, CB10 1FN

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice — verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.