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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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The East Of Parsonage Road Takeley
Received 5 Nov 2025Garage Site At Beech Close Takeley
Received 14 Nov 2025Land West Of Woodside Way Dunmow
Received 20 Nov 2025Land South Of (East Of Griffin Place) Radwinter Road Sewards End Essex
Received 26 Nov 2025Land South Of (West Of Robin Hood Road) Rush Lane Elsenham
Received 27 Nov 2025Land East Of Springfield House Henham Road Henham Hertfordshire
Received 1 Dec 2025Land At Sunnybrook Farm Braintree Road Felsted Essex
Received 1 Dec 2025Badcock Farm Saling Road Stebbing Dunmow Essex CM6 3TD
Received 10 Dec 2025Gold Street Surgery Gold Street Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1EJ
Received 11 Dec 2025Maces Farm Yard And Land At Belcham's Lane Belchams Lane Rickling Green Essex
Received 11 Dec 2025Land At Belcham's Lane And Maces Farm Belchams Lane Rickling Green Essex
Received 13 Dec 2025Land South Of Bedwell Road Ugley
Received 15 Dec 2025Grove Farm Oxen End Little Bardfield Essex CM7 4PX
Received 6 Jan 2026Friars Manor Tindon End Great Sampford Essex CB10 2XT
Received 9 Jan 2026Land East Of Highwood Quarry Woodside Way Dunmow
Received 9 Jan 2026Hill House 12 Carters Hill Manuden Bishops Stortford CM23 1DB
Received 12 Jan 2026The Old Club House Park Road Little Easton Essex CM6 2JH
Received 12 Jan 2026The Post Office And Village Tearoom The Heath Hatfield Heath Essex CM22 7EB
Received 13 Jan 2026Land North Of The Gatehouse The Street Great Hallingbury Hertfordshire
Received 14 Jan 2026Land Adj To 1 Myrtle Villas Chelmsford Road Felsted Essex
Received 16 Jan 2026Mill Race Barn Dunmow Road From Bran End To Broadway Bran End Stebbing Essex CM6 3RS
Received 16 Jan 2026Mill Race Barn Dunmow Road From Bran End To Broadway Bran End Stebbing Essex CM6 3RS
Received 16 Jan 2026St Michaels Church Moor End Road Moor End Great Sampford Essex CB10 2RG
Received 19 Jan 2026Anthonys Hammond Road Hatfield Broad Oak Essex CM22 7JS
Received 19 Jan 2026Records 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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