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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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Olivers Close Thaxted Essex CM6 2FQ
Received 22 May 20262 Westbury House Stortford Road Dunmow CM6 1DJ
Received 22 May 2026Salix Farm Hill Road Great Sampford Essex CB10 2QE
Received 22 May 2026Glebe Cottage Water Lane Debden Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3JY
Received 22 May 2026Murryfield Farm School Lane Takeley Essex CM22 6PJ
Received 22 May 202618 Flitch Industrial Estate Chelmsford Road Great Dunmow Essex CM6 1XJ
Received 22 May 2026Hope Cottage Clatterbury Lane Clavering Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4QU
Received 22 May 202657 The Street Manuden Essex CM23 1DH
Received 26 May 2026Essex House The Endway Great Easton Essex CM6 2HG
Received 26 May 2026Land East Of School Road And Main Road Felsted School Road Felsted Essex
Received 22 May 2026Land South Of Pennington Hall Henham Road Elsenham Hertfordshire
Received 26 May 2026The Barns Stortford Road Little Canfield Essex CM6 1SL
Received 26 May 2026The Moat Barn 17 Redgates Lane Sewards End Essex CB10 2LW
Received 25 May 2026Storage Land Adj Unit 45 M11 Business Link Parsonage Lane Stansted Essex CM24 8TY
Received 26 May 2026Land West Of Thaxted Cutlers Green Lane Thaxted Essex
Received 26 May 2026Land At Highwood Farm Stortford Road Dunmow
Received 26 May 2026Happy Days Chapel End Broxted Dunmow Essex CM6 2BW
Received 26 May 20266 Hill Road Great Sampford Essex CB10 2RT
Received 26 May 20263 Common Hill Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1JG
Received 26 May 2026Land At Newhouse Farm Stortford Road Leaden Roding Essex CM6 1RE
Received 26 May 2026Roding Hall Dunmow Road High Roding Essex CM6 1NN
Received 26 May 2026Waterside Cottage Hassobury Farnham Bishops Stortford Essex CM23 1JR
Received 26 May 2026Grandview Chelmsford Road Hatfield Heath Essex CM22 7BD
Received 26 May 2026Broomfields Court Home Pastures Hatfield Heath Hertfordshire
Received 26 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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