Planning Approval Rate in Tendring
Tendring is close to the England average for planning permission: it approves 85.5% of applications and decides 89.2% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #218 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Tendring, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Tendring District Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 832 decisions (711 granted, 121 refused).
How Tendring compares
| Tendring | 85.5% |
| East of England average | 86.1% |
| England average | 87% |
Tendring is 1.5 points stricter than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Tendring?
Tendring is in the stricter third of English authorities, granting 85.5% of the applications it decides (rank 218th of 310). That puts it close to the England average — 85.5% approved against an England average of 87%. Within East of England it is the 27th most approving of 45 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 86.1%. Refusals are fairly frequent here: 121 of its 832 decisions were refusals (14.5%). On the split by scale it is about as likely to approve major schemes as small ones: 87.5% of major developments approved versus 87.1% of householder and other small-scale work, from 32 major decisions.
On timing it is about average on speed, deciding 89.2% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a mid-sized caseload of 832 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its East of England neighbours it sits between St Albans (85.8%, more approving) and Broxbourne (84.9%, stricter). For context in East of England, Norwich approves the most (95.6%) and Epping Forest the least (66.1%).
Compare Tendring with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in East of England. See the full East of England league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Tendring
Live planning activity in Tendring District Council
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What people apply for in Tendring District Council
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Planning permission in Tendring: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Tendring?
On the latest official figures Tendring is close to the England average and in the stricter third of English authorities, approving 85.5% of the 832 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Tendring approve or refuse?
Refusals are fairly frequent here: 85.5% approved and 14.5% refused — 711 granted and 121 refused of 832 decisions, with major schemes approved at 87.5% and householder and other work at 87.1%.
How quickly does Tendring decide planning applications?
On timing Tendring is about average on speed: 89.2% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Tendring stricter than nearby councils?
Tendring's 85.5% approval rate makes it the 27th most approving of 45 authorities in East of England, against a 86.1% regional average. Neighbouring St Albans approves 85.8% and Broxbourne 84.9%.
Can I use Tendring's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Tendring decided, not a prediction for any individual application; your outcome depends on the site, the proposal, local planning policy and any objections.
Methodology & limits
Approval, refusal and in-time rates come from the government's official PS2 planning application statistics (Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government), covering 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. This dataset is England-only and published annually, so it lags live activity. Live figures are the applications PlanWatch has collected for Tendring District Council and are not a complete council register. Refusal reasons and delegated-vs-committee splits are not published in this data.
This is a historic average, not a prediction. It cannot tell you whether your application will be approved — that depends on your site, proposal, local policy and any objections.
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