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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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Buildings To The Rear Of Mulberry House Wenden Road Arkesden
Received 6 Aug 202621 Ravens Crescent Felsted Essex CM6 3EH
Received 6 Aug 202639 Russell Francis Way Takeley Essex CM22 6FQ
Received 6 Aug 202645 Peggys Walk Littlebury Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4TG
Received 7 Aug 2026Stort Cottage Middle Street Clavering Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4QL
Received 7 Aug 2026Martinside Stud Anvil Cross Church Road Great Hallingbury Essex CM22 7UD
Received 7 Aug 20268 Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3EA
Received 7 Aug 20268 Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3EA
Received 7 Aug 2026Stansted Airport College Round Coppice Road Stansted Essex CM24 1AR
Received 7 Aug 2026Templars Holders Green Road Lindsell Essex CM6 3QL
Received 7 Aug 2026Barn At Evie Rose Cottage Woodlands Elsenham Hall Elsenham
Received 8 Aug 202621 Newell Road Stansted Essex CM24 8UT
Received 8 Aug 2026Land West Of Garnetts Dunmow Road Takeley Hertfordshire
Received 7 Aug 2026Church Of The English Martyrs Park Street Thaxted Dunmow Essex CM6 2NE
Received 8 Aug 2026The Old Vicarage The Street High Easter Essex CM1 4QS
Received 9 Aug 2026The Manse 19 Town Street Thaxted Dunmow Essex CM6 2LD
Received 10 Aug 202620 Mount Pleasant Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3EA
Received 10 Aug 2026Dame Johane Bradbury School Ashdon Road Saffron Walden Essex CB10 2AL
Received 10 Aug 20262 Erskine Place Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4HY
Received 10 Aug 20266 Livery Mews High Street Stebbing Dunmow Essex CM6 3SQ
Received 10 Aug 2026The Chestnuts Pharisee Green Great Dunmow Essex CM6 1JN
Received 10 Aug 202623 Newbiggen Street Thaxted Essex CM6 2QS
Received 10 Aug 202623 Newbiggen Street Thaxted Essex CM6 2QS
Received 10 Aug 2026The Mountfitchet High School Forest Hall Road Stansted Essex CM24 8TZ
Received 11 Aug 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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