Guidance for developers
Visit the Essex Design Guide (EDG) for comprehensive guidance on planning in Essex.
View Essex Planning Protocol (PDF, 589KB) for planning authorities’ shared commitment to delivering quality developments in Essex.
See the Developers Guide to Infrastructure Contributions (PDF, 2.96MB) for guidance on how Section 106 agreements and the Community Infrastructure Levy can be used to mitigate the impact of development.
An updated draft version of the Developers Guide to Infrastructure Contributions (PDF, 3.28 MB) is now available for comment. Please send your comments to Development.Enquiries@essex.gov.uk.
All comments must be submitted by Friday 30 May 2025. After this date, the draft version will be revised and a final version will be published.
Our annual Infrastructure Funding Statements show how the Council has delivered new infrastructure using money contributed by developers:
- 2019 to 2020 Infrastructure Funding Statement (PDF, 917.05KB)
- 2020 to 2021 Infrastructure Funding Statement (PDF, 1.02MB)
- 2021 to 2022 Infrastructure Funding Statement (PDF, 794.61KB)
- 2022 to 2023 Infrastructure Funding Statement (PDF, 741.43 KB)
- 2023 to 2024 Infrastructure Funding Statement (PDF, 1.28 MB)
See Essex Highways adoptions and land section, which has guidance on all aspects of development work on the highway.