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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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lavender Cottage Dellows Lane Ugley Bishops Stortford CM22 6HN
Received 11 May 2026Pound Cottage Pound Lane Ugley Essex CM22 6HP
Received 12 May 202667 Pleasant Valley Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4AW
Received 12 May 2026Lion House Audley End Audley End Road Saffron Walden CB11 4JB
Received 13 May 2026Lion House Audley End Audley End Road Saffron Walden CB11 4JB
Received 13 May 20264 Roding Drive Little Canfield Essex CM6 1FE
Received 13 May 202619 Summerhill Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4AJ
Received 12 May 2026Land To The West Of Buttleys Lane Dunmow
Received 13 May 2026Land South Of Ramseys The Street High Easter Essex
Received 13 May 2026Rothend New House Lane Ashdon Essex CB10 2LX
Received 13 May 2026Mulberry Cottage 3 Sargents Lane Walden Road Hadstock Cambridge CB21 4PA
Received 13 May 2026Hoodwink House Royston Road Wendens Ambo Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4JX
Received 14 May 202616 Hollyhock Road Saffron Walden Essex CB10 2AG
Received 14 May 2026Elm House The Street High Easter Essex CM1 4QS
Received 14 May 2026Land South Of Vernons Close Mill Road Henham Hertfordshire
Received 14 May 2026Pyes Cottage Onslow Green Barnston Dunmow Essex CM6 3PR
Received 14 May 2026Radwinter Hall Walden Road Radwinter Essex CB10 2SW
Received 14 May 2026Land North Of Cox Ley Cox Ley Hatfield Heath Hertfordshire
Received 14 May 2026Cressages 2 Cressages Close Bannister Green Felsted Dunmow CM6 3NQ
Received 14 May 2026Cressages 2 Cressages Close Bannister Green Felsted Dunmow CM6 3NQ
Received 14 May 2026Almshouses Walden Road Radwinter Essex CB10 2SW
Received 14 May 2026The Cottage Walden Road Radwinter Saffron Walden Essex CB10 2SW
Received 14 May 2026Land South Of Ramseys The Street High Easter Essex
Received 13 May 2026Woodside Green Farm Woodside Green Great Hallingbury Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM22 7UP
Received 14 May 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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