Understanding planning · 13 min read
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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Hill Top Lane Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4AS
Received 30 Apr 202661 Winstanley Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3EX
Received 30 Apr 202612 West Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3DS
Received 1 May 2026Mariskalls Mill Road Felsted Essex CM6 3HQ
Received 1 May 2026Church Cottage Upper Green Langley Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4RZ
Received 1 May 2026Former Friends School Field Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex
Received 1 May 2026Sparrows Hill House Sparrowsend Hill Newport Essex CB11 3TU
Received 1 May 2026Between Hawkesmead And Hawkes Farm Stambourne Road Little Sampford Essex
Received 1 May 2026White Hall Chelmsford Road Margaret Roding Essex CM6 1QL
Received 1 May 2026Land Adjacent To 53 West Road Saffron Walden Essex
Received 5 May 2026Tye Cottage The Street High Easter Essex CM1 4QS
Received 5 May 20262 Tukes Way Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3ES
Received 2 May 2026Drury Cottage Drury Lane Aythorpe Roding Essex CM6 1PY
Received 5 May 2026Permit Office Bassingbourn Road Stansted Airport
Received 1 May 2026Stansted Hall Church Road Stansted Essex CM24 8UD
Received 4 May 2026The Thatch Elsenham Road Stansted Essex CM24 8SS
Received 5 May 2026Rutlands Evelyn Road Willows Green Essex CM3 1QQ
Received 5 May 2026Land Known As Bull Field Warish Hall Farm Smiths Green Lane Takeley
Received 5 May 2026Land South Of (East Of Griffin Place) Radwinter Road Sewards End Essex
Received 5 May 2026Land At Mill End Green Road Great Easton Essex
Received 5 May 2026The Vicarage High Street Stebbing Dunmow Essex CM6 3SF
Received 5 May 2026The Old Post House Cambridge Road Ugley Bishops Stortford CM22 6HR
Received 5 May 2026Marshes Cherry Street Duton Hill Tilty Essex CM6 2EE
Received 5 May 2026The Crockern Royston Road Wendens Ambo Essex CB11 4JY
Received 5 May 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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