Understanding planning · 13 min read
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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Annexe At The Old Garage Warehouse Road Stebbing Dunmow Essex CM6 3ST
Received 2 Jul 2026Land At The Broadway Dunmow
Received 2 Jul 2026Land North Of Hammond Road Hatfield Broad Oak Hertfordshire
Received 2 Jul 2026Bury Gate Braintree Road Felsted Essex CM6 3DJ
Received 2 Jul 2026Bury Gate Braintree Road Felsted Essex CM6 3DJ
Received 2 Jul 2026Land South Of Stortford Road Dunmow
Received 2 Jul 2026Staines Farm Henham Road Debden Essex CB11 3NA
Received 1 Jul 2026Willow Thatch Stebbing Green Stebbing Dunmow Essex CM6 3TE
Received 3 Jul 20264 Highfields Great Dunmow Essex CM6 1ED
Received 3 Jul 2026Land West Of Garnetts Dunmow Road Takeley Hertfordshire
Received 30 Jun 2026Land South Of Stortford Road Dunmow
Received 30 Jun 2026Baggage Hall Passenger Terminal Stansted Airport
Received 1 Jul 2026Cowlands House Collops Road Stebbing Essex CM6 3SZ
Received 3 Jul 2026Wheelwrights Cottage Cambridge Road Littlebury Essex CB11 4TL
Received 6 Jul 202631 Parsonage Downs Great Dunmow Essex CM6 2AT
Received 6 Jul 20268 South Green High Street Widdington Essex CB11 3SE
Received 6 Jul 2026Former Friends School Field Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex
Received 1 Jul 2026Land South Of Stortford Road Dunmow
Received 29 Jun 2026Barn Opposite The Old Post Office Howlett End Thaxted Road Wimbish Essex
Received 5 Jul 2026Land North Of Knight Park Thaxted Road Saffron Walden Essex
Received 6 Jul 2026Witneys Bannister Green Felsted Essex CM6 3NF
Received 6 Jul 2026Witneys Bannister Green Felsted Essex CM6 3NF
Received 6 Jul 2026White Hall Chelmsford Road Margaret Roding Essex CM6 1QL
Received 6 Jul 2026Post Cottage Hill Road Great Sampford Essex CB10 2RS
Received 6 Jul 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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