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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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brookside Rook End Lane Debden Essex CB11 3LR
Received 8 May 2026Davaire Cottage Upper Green Langley Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4RU
Received 8 May 2026Black Horse Cottage Chelmsford Road Felsted Essex CM6 3LT
Received 8 May 2026Wallwood Woodside Green Great Hallingbury Essex CM22 7UW
Received 8 May 2026Blacksmiths Cottage High Street Great Chesterford Essex CB10 1PL
Received 9 May 2026Mortimers 1 Church View Church Street Dunmow CM6 2EY
Received 11 May 2026Long Acre Watling Lane Thaxted Essex CM6 2QY
Received 10 May 2026Wood Field (land Adjoining 'Land West Of Woodside Way' Woodside Way Dunmow
Received 11 May 2026Unit 4 Boys British School East Street Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1LS
Received 11 May 2026Land South Of Hampit Road Arkesden Essex
Received 11 May 2026Land West Of Thaxted Cutlers Green Lane Thaxted Essex
Received 11 May 2026Land West Of Thaxted Cutlers Green Lane Thaxted Essex
Received 11 May 2026River Bank London Road Great Chesterford Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1NY
Received 11 May 2026Broughton House Bartholomew Green Great Leighs Chelmsford CM3 1QG
Received 11 May 20264 Woodgates End Dunmow CM6 2BN
Received 11 May 20264 Woodgates End Dunmow CM6 2BN
Received 11 May 2026Priors Hall Church End Lindsell Dunmow Essex CM6 3QR
Received 12 May 2026Bantam House Church Lane White Roding Dunmow Essex CM6 1RJ
Received 12 May 2026Annexe At Silver Pines Port Lane Little Hallingbury Bishops Stortford CM22 7PQ
Received 12 May 2026Willow Close Folly Mill Lane Thaxted Dunmow Essex CM6 2NP
Received 12 May 202654A North Street Dunmow CM6 1BA
Received 12 May 2026Dutch Barn At Lodge Farm Woodside Green Great Hallingbury Hertfordshire
Received 12 May 202619 Chestnut Way Takeley Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM22 6RW
Received 7 May 202695 Goddard Way Saffron Walden Essex CB10 2EB
Received 12 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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