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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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pear Tree Cottage Cambridge Road Stansted CM24 8TA
Received 12 Mar 2026Land At Walpole Farm Cambridge Road Stansted
Received 12 Mar 2026Land To The Rear Of Joyners The Street Takeley
Received 16 Mar 2026Rear Of Weavers Farm Braintree Road Felsted Essex
Received 16 Mar 202649 The Close Great Dunmow Essex CM6 1EW
Received 16 Mar 2026Ashdon Village Hall Crown Hill Bartlow Road Ashdon Saffron Walden CB10 2HA
Received 16 Mar 2026Land At Carters Farm School Lane Takeley
Received 17 Mar 20263 Hillside Cottages Birchanger Essex CM23 5QB
Received 17 Mar 2026Land South Of Hammond Road Hatfield Broad Oak
Received 17 Mar 2026Land At Highwood Farm Stortford Road Dunmow
Received 17 Mar 2026Waters Farm Hammond Road Hatfield Broad Oak Essex CM22 7JS
Received 18 Mar 2026Molton Brown Cosmetics Green Street Elsenham Essex CM22 6DS
Received 18 Mar 2026Land South Of Doctors Pond Star Lane Dunmow
Received 18 Mar 2026Hazel House Sparlings Farm Chelmsford Road Barnston Dunmow CM6 1LP
Received 18 Mar 2026Land South Of A120 North Of Dunmow Road Little Canfield Essex
Received 19 Mar 20264 Bakers Cottages Little Bardfield Braintree CM7 4TS
Received 19 Mar 2026Land At Wells Croft Ongar Road Dunmow Essex
Received 19 Mar 2026Land Adj To Coppice Close Dunmow Road Takeley Hertfordshire
Received 19 Mar 2026The Marshes White Horse Lane Newport Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3RG
Received 19 Mar 2026Yew Tree Cottage Stevens Lane Felsted Essex CM6 3NJ
Received 19 Mar 2026Tarbets Whitehouse Road Stebbing Essex CM6 3DA
Received 20 Mar 2026Police Station Chelmsford Road Hatfield Heath Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM22 7BH
Received 19 Mar 2026Lismore Duddenhoe End Saffron Walden CB11 4UU
Received 20 Mar 2026Hotel And Premises Premier Inn Thaxted Road Saffron Walden Essex CB10 2SG
Received 20 Mar 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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