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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Baby Unit Hill Farm Radwinter Road Ashdon Essex
Received 21 Aug 2026Mount Cottage South Street Great Chesterford Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1NW
Received 21 Aug 2026Toad Hall Chapel End Broxted Essex CM6 2BW
Received 21 Aug 2026Mill Cottage Mill Lane Stebbing Essex CM6 3SN
Received 24 Aug 2026The Old Armoury 3 Museum Street Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1JN
Received 24 Aug 2026The Old Armoury 3 Museum Street Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1JN
Received 22 Aug 2026Pippins High Street Great Sampford Essex CB10 2RG
Received 24 Aug 2026Great Sampford Baptist Church Finchingfield Road Great Sampford Essex CB10 2RG
Received 24 Aug 2026Land North Of Braintree Road Dunmow
Received 20 Aug 2026Audley End Miniature Railway Audley End Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4JB
Received 24 Aug 2026Oddyins Farm High Cross Lane West Little Canfield Dunmow Essex CM6 1TF
Received 24 Aug 2026Land To The East Of Braintree Road Felsted Essex
Received 20 Aug 2026Bishops House Church Street Great Chesterford Essex CB10 1NP
Received 24 Aug 2026Land Next To Recreation Ground Street Record Rosemary Lane Dunmow
Received 24 Aug 2026The Parsonage Parsonage Downs Great Dunmow Essex CM6 2AT
Received 24 Aug 2026Land Adjacent Moat House 12 Grove Hill Stansted Essex CM24 8SP
Received 24 Aug 20263 Almshouses Walden Road Radwinter Essex CB10 2SW
Received 24 Aug 202635 Wicken Road Newport Essex CB11 3QF
Received 25 Aug 20264 Livermore House Livermore Lane Dunmow Essex CM6 1ZN
Received 25 Aug 20269 Bentfield End Causeway Stansted Essex CM24 8HU
Received 25 Aug 2026Parsonage Farm, Barns At Forest Hall Road Stansted Essex CM24 8TY
Received 25 Aug 2026Land To The South Of Stortford Road Little Canfield Essex CM6 1SN
Received 25 Aug 202611 Blythwood Gardens Stansted Essex CM24 8HG
Received 25 Aug 2026Land At Stickling Green Clavering Essex
Received 25 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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