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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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Between Hawkesmead And Hawkes Farm Stambourne Road Little Sampford Essex
Received 24 Mar 20266 Jennings Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3NJ
Received 25 Mar 202619 Elm Close Takeley Essex CM22 6SF
Received 25 Mar 2026Park Street Garage Thaxted Ltd Park Street Thaxted Essex CM6 2ND
Received 25 Mar 2026Broadcroft Sawbridgeworth Road Little Hallingbury Essex CM22 7QU
Received 25 Mar 2026Acreland Green Acreland Green The Street High Easter Essex CM3 1HP
Received 25 Mar 2026Midden Top Road Wimbish Essex CB10 2XJ
Received 25 Mar 2026Nationwide Building Society 9 Market Walk Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1JZ
Received 25 Mar 2026Bantam House Church Lane White Roding Essex CM6 1RJ
Received 26 Mar 2026Barn At Evie Rose Cottage Woodlands Elsenham Hall Elsenham
Received 26 Mar 20261 Leaden Hall Farm Cottages Stortford Road Leaden Roding Essex CM6 1RA
Received 26 Mar 2026Curles Farm Pelham Road Clavering Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4PW
Received 26 Mar 2026Land Adj. Rands Cottage Rands Road High Roding Essex
Received 26 Mar 2026Stansted Youth And Education Centre Lower Street Stansted Essex CM24 8LR
Received 26 Mar 2026Windmill Fishmarket Street Thaxted Essex CM6 2PG
Received 26 Mar 2026Wood Field (land Adjoining 'Land West Of Woodside Way' Dunmow
Received 23 Mar 2026Two Sticks Barn High Easter Road High Easter Essex CM1 4PZ
Received 26 Mar 202620 Oak Drive Elsenham Bishops Stortford Essex CM22 6GB
Received 27 Mar 2026Wallwood Woodside Green Great Hallingbury Essex CM22 7UW
Received 27 Mar 2026Curles Farm Pelham Road Clavering Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4PW
Received 27 Mar 2026Land West Of Clatterbury Lane Clavering Essex
Received 27 Mar 2026Homewaters Braintree Road Felsted Essex CM6 3DY
Received 27 Mar 2026Baileys Wicken Road Arkesden Essex CB11 4EY
Received 27 Mar 2026Martels Cottage High Easter Road Barnston Dunmow Essex CM6 1NB
Received 27 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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