Rochford residents can follow the progress of planning applications they have an interest in through the world wide web.

The district council has launched a new feature called Public Access on its website, which can be found at www.rochford.gov.uk.

This provides a direct link to information about planning applications awaiting decisions and historic applications dating back to 1994.

Deputy chairman of the council Peter Webster said: "I am all in favour of this. I think planning is of particular importance to residents and they should be given as much information as possible."

Published Friday August 20, 2004

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