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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Uttlesford District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jul 2021 to 24 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Hill Green Recreational Land (cricket Field) Upper Hill Green Clavering CB11 4QS
Received 1 Jul 2021Land East Of Woodside Way And North Of Kingcup Place Dunmow Essex
Received 26 Apr 2023George Boote House And 1 Chelmsford Road Chelmsford Road Felsted Essex CM6 3DH
Received 9 Jun 2023George Boote House And 1 Chelmsford Road Chelmsford Road Felsted Essex CM6 3DH
Received 9 Jun 2023Land To The East Of Clapton Hall Lane Dunmow
Received 5 Jul 2023Saint Therese Roman Catholic Church High Lane Stansted Essex CM24 8LQ
Received 16 Feb 2024Sector 3 Woodland Park Great Dunmow Woodside Way Dunmow
Received 22 Feb 2024Warish Hall Farm Smiths Green Lane Takeley Essex CM22 6NZ
Received 7 Jun 2024Moors Fields Station Road Little Dunmow Essex
Received 6 Feb 2025East Of High Lane Stansted
Received 22 Apr 2025Land East Of Dunmow Braintree Road Dunmow
Received 20 May 2025Land East Of Brick Kiln Lane North Of Pound Gate Stebbing Essex
Received 29 May 2025Land South Of (East Of Griffin Place) Radwinter Road Sewards End And Saffron Walden Essex
Received 6 Jun 2025Site North Of Ashdon Road Saffron Walden
Received 13 Jun 2025Land North Of Knight Park Thaxted Road Saffron Walden Essex
Received 8 Jul 2025Land North Of Garnetts Lane And Stebbing Road Felsted Essex
Received 21 Jul 2025Adjacent To Collins Cross Tindon End Great Sampford Essex
Received 21 Sept 2026Land Located Between Thaxted Substation And The Cutlers Solar Farm Site Cutlers Green Lane Thaxted Essex
Received 10 Sept 2025Highlands Berden Road Berden Essex CM23 1AB
Received 23 Sept 2025Land Adjacent 10 Start Hill Great Hallingbury Hertfordshire
Received 25 Sept 2025Little Barn Park Road Little Easton Essex CM6 2JH
Received 25 Sept 2025Watchouse Farm Bannister Green Felsted Dunmow CM6 3EF
Received 10 Oct 2025Passenger Terminal Stansted Airport
Received 21 Oct 2025Wood Field (land Adjoining 'Land West Of Woodside Way' Woodside Way Dunmow
Received 5 Nov 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Uttlesford District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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