Planning applications in Essex

From the council’s own planning register, read in full from 2006. One of the councils’ registers on one map in Town Planner Pro.

Town Planner Pro holds 5,831 planning applications from the planning register of Essex, read in full from 2006 to 27 October 2026. Of the 5,013 approved or refused, 97% were approved. In the last twelve months 292 were approved or refused, 97% approved. Figures as at 11 November 2026; the register was last read on 9 November 2026.

5,831

applications held

97%

of those approved or refused, approved

292

approved or refused in the last 12 months, 97% approved

pending on the register

By year

By the year the council validated each application (received, where no date of validation is given). % approved is of those approved or refused.

Year	Applications	Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	% approved
2026 to date	3	2	0	0	100%

0% of the applications held are on the map, placed by the council’s own point or red line, the property, or the postcode. Outcomes are the register’s; an application whose outcome is not yet read counts in none of the three.

The appeals decided here are in the appeal record for Essex County Council.

Newest applications in Essex

The 3 most recently validated, newest first.

Approvedvalid 27 October 2026· Submission of Details CC/ESSESS/41/24/UTT/12/01
Home Farm, Hall Road, Gaunts End, Elsenham, Essex, CM22 6DR
Noise monitoring pursuant to condition 12 of planning application ref: ESS/41/24/UTT (Retrospective change of use of land and buildings to inert waste storage and processing (sui generis) comprising a building for use as a workshop and aggregate storage, external aggregate processing and storage area, ancillary vehicle parking area, portacabin offices and car parking. Together with alteration to existing building to increase access height)
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 23 October 2026· Non Material AmendmentESS/113/23/COL/NMA/1
Land at Bellhouse Farm South
Non Material Amendment to ESS/113/23/COL to amend working arrangements to include Temporary Soils & Overburden Storage.
The council’s page
Approvedvalid 25 September 2026· Submission of Details CC/ESSESS/42/17/CHL/57/04
Blackley Quarry, And Land to the North East and North West of the Existing Quarry, A131, Great Leighs, CM3 1QP
Details pursuant to condition 57d (Archaeological Evaluation for Phases 9 and 10) of ESS/42/17/CHL. ESS/42/17/CHL is extant permission for "Extraction of an estimated reserve of 2.8 million tonnes of sand and gravel (from sites A38 and A39 as identified in the Minerals Local Plan 2014) and retention of existing access onto the A131, retention of existing sand and gravel processing plant (to be relocated within site A38), progressive restoration to agriculture using inert fill, installation of inert recycling facility, including screening and crushing to recover secondary aggregate. In addition, revised restoration scheme for the existing quarry area"…
The council’s page

Latest decisions in Essex

Approveddecided 5 November 2026ESS/04/23/EPF/18/11
Application ESS/04/23/EPF/18/11
The council’s page
Approveddecided 5 November 2026CC/MAL/18/24/05/01
Application CC/MAL/18/24/05/01
The council’s page
Approveddecided 4 November 2026ESS/41/24/UTT/19/01
Application ESS/41/24/UTT/19/01
The council’s page
Approveddecided 4 November 2026ESS/41/24/UTT/20/01
Application ESS/41/24/UTT/20/01
The council’s page
Approveddecided 4 November 2026· Submission of Details CC/ESSESS/41/24/UTT/12/01
Home Farm, Hall Road, Gaunts End, Elsenham, Essex, CM22 6DR
Noise monitoring pursuant to condition 12 of planning application ref: ESS/41/24/UTT (Retrospective change of use of land and buildings to inert waste storage and processing (sui generis) comprising a building for use as a workshop and aggregate storage, external aggregate processing and storage area, ancillary vehicle parking area, portacabin offices and car parking. Together with alteration to existing building to increase access height)
The council’s page
Approveddecided 3 November 2026CC/TEN/68/26
Application CC/TEN/68/26
The council’s page
Approveddecided 29 October 2026· Submission of Details CC/ESSESS/42/17/CHL/57/04
Blackley Quarry, And Land to the North East and North West of the Existing Quarry, A131, Great Leighs, CM3 1QP
Details pursuant to condition 57d (Archaeological Evaluation for Phases 9 and 10) of ESS/42/17/CHL. ESS/42/17/CHL is extant permission for "Extraction of an estimated reserve of 2.8 million tonnes of sand and gravel (from sites A38 and A39 as identified in the Minerals Local Plan 2014) and retention of existing access onto the A131, retention of existing sand and gravel processing plant (to be relocated within site A38), progressive restoration to agriculture using inert fill, installation of inert recycling facility, including screening and crushing to recover secondary aggregate. In addition, revised restoration scheme for the existing quarry area"…
The council’s page
Approveddecided 23 October 2026CC/BTE/62/24
Application CC/BTE/62/24
The council’s page
Approveddecided 21 October 2026ESS/147/20/CHL/42/02
Application ESS/147/20/CHL/42/02
The council’s page
Not requireddecided 21 October 2026ESS/54/26/TEN/SO
Application ESS/54/26/TEN/SO
The council’s page
Approveddecided 20 October 2026ESS/57/24/BAS/13/01
Application ESS/57/24/BAS/13/01
The council’s page
Approveddecided 20 October 2026CC/BTE/25/26/05/01
Application CC/BTE/25/26/05/01
The council’s page
Opinion issueddecided 19 October 2026ESS/67/26/UTT/SPO
Application ESS/67/26/UTT/SPO
The council’s page
Approveddecided 16 October 2026ESS/05/22/COL/29/01
Application ESS/05/22/COL/29/01
The council’s page
Approveddecided 16 October 2026ESS/03/22/COL/14/6
Application ESS/03/22/COL/14/6
The council’s page
Approveddecided 16 October 2026CC/COL/24/26/04/01
Application CC/COL/24/26/04/01
The council’s page
EIA requireddecided 14 October 2026ESS/66/26/UTT/SO
Application ESS/66/26/UTT/SO
The council’s page
Opinion issueddecided 14 October 2026ESS/70/26/CHL/SPO
Application ESS/70/26/CHL/SPO
The council’s page
Approveddecided 13 October 2026CC/BTE/25/26/04/01
Application CC/BTE/25/26/04/01
The council’s page
EIA requireddecided 13 October 2026ESS/72/26/CHL/SO
Application ESS/72/26/CHL/SO
The council’s page
Opinion issueddecided 12 October 2026ESS/59/26/CHL/SPO
Application ESS/59/26/CHL/SPO
The council’s page
Opinion issueddecided 12 October 2026ESS/58/26/CHL/SPO
Application ESS/58/26/CHL/SPO
The council’s page
Opinion issueddecided 9 October 2026ESS/64/26/BTE/SPO
Application ESS/64/26/BTE/SPO
The council’s page
Refuseddecided 9 October 2026ESS/03/26/BRW
Application ESS/03/26/BRW
The council’s page
Approveddecided 9 October 2026ESS/90/25/CHL
Application ESS/90/25/CHL
The council’s page

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From the planning register of Essex, read by Town Planner Pro. Descriptions are the council’s own words; some registers cut them short in their lists. No applicant’s or agent’s details are kept, and a personal name within a description is shown as [name]. The council’s register is the record: check its own page before relying on an entry. This page is research, not advice.