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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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Manor House (Annexe) Church Road Stansted Essex CM24 8PZ
Received 21 Apr 2026Oak House Watchouse Green Braintree Road Felsted Dunmow Essex CM6 3JX
Received 21 Apr 2026Oak House Watchouse Green Braintree Road Felsted Essex
Received 21 Apr 2026Land Opposite 7 Common Hill Saffron Walden Essex
Received 21 Apr 202640 Rectory Lane Farnham Bishops Stortford Essex CM23 1HU
Received 21 Apr 2026Land South West Of Hill House Church Lane Debden Essex CB11 3LD
Received 22 Apr 2026Land Adjacent To 1 Harvey Way Hempstead Saffron Walden Essex CB10 2PL
Received 22 Apr 2026Providence Cottage Sampford Hall Lane Little Sampford Essex CB10 2QG
Received 22 Apr 2026Lanham Barn Onslow Green Barnston Essex CM6 3PP
Received 22 Apr 2026St Marks College Audley End Audley End Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4JB
Received 22 Apr 2026The Mountfitchet High School Forest Hall Road Stansted Essex CM24 8TZ
Received 22 Apr 2026Land To The South Of Stortford Road Little Canfield Essex CM6 1SN
Received 23 Apr 2026Shorts Barn Shorts Farm Road High Easter Chelmsford Essex CM1 4PY
Received 23 Apr 2026The Orchard Redgates Lane Sewards End Essex CB10 2LW
Received 23 Apr 20263 Livings Way Stansted Essex CM24 8SN
Received 23 Apr 2026Burniere Church End Lindsell Dunmow Essex CM6 3QR
Received 23 Apr 202641 Peal Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3ET
Received 23 Apr 2026Down House Arkesden Saffron Walden CB11 4EX
Received 23 Apr 2026Broadmarsh Cottage 5 The Row Linton Road Hadstock Essex CB21 4NY
Received 23 Apr 2026Land South Of Stortford Road Dunmow
Received 23 Apr 2026The Old Village Hall The Street Manuden Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 1DS
Received 23 Apr 20265 Museum Street Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1JL
Received 23 Apr 2026Barns At Great Clarks Farm Thaxted Road Little Sampford Essex
Received 24 Apr 2026Paddocks Wrights Green Little Hallingbury Essex CM22 7RH
Received 24 Apr 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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