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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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Princes Halfyards Stebbing Road Felsted Essex CM6 3LG
Received 19 May 202614 Market Place Great Dunmow Essex CM6 1AT
Received 19 May 202614 Market Place Great Dunmow Essex CM6 1AT
Received 19 May 20261 Fire Station Hill Street Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1EH
Received 19 May 2026Mallows Green Farm Mallows Green Mallows Green Road Manuden Bishops Stortford CM23 1BS
Received 19 May 20262 Rickling House Cottages Rickling Green Road Rickling Green Saffron Walden CB11 3XF
Received 15 May 2026Land North Of Knight Park Thaxted Road Saffron Walden Essex
Received 19 May 2026Curles Farm Pelham Road Clavering Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4PW
Received 20 May 2026The Old Vicarage Walden Road Radwinter Essex CB10 2SN
Received 20 May 2026Hall Farm Church End Great Canfield Dunmow Essex CM6 1JT
Received 19 May 20265 London Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4ED
Received 20 May 2026The Barn New Farm Dunmow Road Great Easton Essex CM6 2DJ
Received 20 May 2026Land At Bran End Bran End Fields Stebbing Dunmow CM6 3RS
Received 21 May 20261 Park Road Stansted Essex CM24 8PB
Received 21 May 2026The Anvil Stables Anvil Cross Church Road Great Hallingbury Bishops Stortford CM22 7UB
Received 21 May 2026Curles Farm Pelham Road Clavering Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4PW
Received 20 May 202660 High Street Chrishall Essex SG8 8RL
Received 21 May 2026The Bell Royston Road Wendens Ambo Essex CB11 4JY
Received 21 May 2026Land East Of Clatterbury Lane Clavering Essex
Received 21 May 2026Land West Of Clatterbury Lane Clavering Essex
Received 21 May 2026Land East Of Parsonage Road Takeley
Received 21 May 2026Bantam House Church Lane White Roding Dunmow Essex CM6 1RJ
Received 21 May 2026Water Tower Friends School Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3EB
Received 21 May 2026Water Tower Friends School Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3EB
Received 21 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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