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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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chepingfield House Feathers Hill Hatfield Broad Oak Essex CM22 7HB
Received 23 Jun 2026Sworders Fine Arts Auctioneers Cambridge Road Stansted Essex CM24 8GE
Received 23 Jun 2026The White Cottage Ugley Green Snakes Lane Ugley Bishops Stortford CM22 6HP
Received 23 Jun 20263 Coopers Villas Coopers End Road Takeley Essex CM22 6PT
Received 24 Jun 2026Agricultural Building Rear Off The Mole Hill Hollow Road Felsted Essex
Received 24 Jun 2026T Meadow High Street Elmdon Essex CB11 4NL
Received 24 Jun 2026T Meadow High Street Elmdon Essex CB11 4NL
Received 24 Jun 2026Great Becketts Duddenhoe End Road Arkesden Essex CB11 4HG
Received 24 Jun 20268 The Beadles Little Hallingbury Bishops Stortford CM22 7XA
Received 25 Jun 2026The Old Brickyard Elsenham Road Stansted CM24 8ST
Received 25 Jun 202610 Gorefeld Takeley Essex CM22 6TL
Received 25 Jun 2026Land East Of Oakhanger Friars Lane Hatfield Heath Hertfordshire
Received 25 Jun 2026Recreation Ground The Causeway Dunmow Essex
Received 25 Jun 2026Wills Ayley Farm New House Lane Ashdon Essex CB10 2LT
Received 25 Jun 2026Littlemead Carmen Street Great Chesterford Saffron Walden CB10 1NR
Received 25 Jun 2026Highbury Braintree Road Felsted Essex CM6 3DR
Received 25 Jun 2026The Old Vicarage The Heath Hatfield Heath Essex CM22 7EA
Received 26 Jun 2026Land Off Lubberhedges Lane Stebbing Essex
Received 25 Jun 2026Brands Farm Ongar Road Dunmow Essex CM6 1JL
Received 25 Jun 2026Land East Of School Road And Main Road Felsted School Road Felsted Essex
Received 16 Jun 2026Great Garnetts Farm Bishops Green High Easter Road Barnston Dunmow Essex CM6 1NE
Received 26 Jun 2026Finches Deynes Road Debden Essex CB11 3LG
Received 26 Jun 2026Great Becketts Duddenhoe End Road Arkesden Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4HG
Received 24 Jun 2026Badcock Farm Saling Road Stebbing Dunmow Essex CM6 3TD
Received 26 Jun 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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