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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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brook Barn Stebbing Road Felsted Essex CM6 3LQ
Received 25 Aug 2026The Old Vicarage Walden Road Radwinter Saffron Walden Essex CB10 2SN
Received 25 Aug 2026Land To The North Of Stewarts Way Manuden
Received 25 Aug 2026Little Easton Manor Park Road Little Easton Essex CM6 2JN
Received 25 Aug 202623A Hill Street Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1EH
Received 25 Aug 2026Ground Floor Flat Bentfield Farm Bentfield Bury Road Bentfield Bower Stansted Essex CM24 8TL
Received 25 Aug 2026Ground Floor Flat Bentfield Farm Bentfield Bury Road Bentfield Bower Stansted Essex CM24 8TL
Received 25 Aug 2026Land South Of Park Road Little Easton Essex
Received 25 Aug 2026The Distaff Belmont Hill Newport Essex CB11 3RF
Received 25 Aug 2026Oak Industrial Park Chelmsford Road Dunmow CM6 1XG
Received 25 Aug 2026Poppies Cottage Chapel End Broxted Essex CM6 2BW
Received 26 Aug 2026Land South Of Rush Lane Elsenham Hertfordshire
Received 21 Aug 2026Orchard House Cambridge Road Quendon Essex CB11 3XJ
Received 26 Aug 2026Meadowside Church End Brookend Road Stebbing Dunmow Essex CM6 3SW
Received 26 Aug 202623A Hill Street Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1EH
Received 25 Aug 202667 Newbiggen Street Thaxted Dunmow Essex CM6 2QU
Received 26 Aug 2026Tudor Cottage Braintree Road Felsted Essex CM6 3DS
Received 26 Aug 2026Land West Of Walnut Tree Cottage South Of Braintree Road Dunmow
Received 27 Aug 2026Land North Of Bedwell Road And East Of Old Mead Road Bedwell Road Ugley
Received 26 Aug 2026Site Adjacent Little Jenkins Jenkins Lane Great Hallingbury Hertfordshire CM22 7QL
Received 27 Aug 202622 Walden Road Littlebury Essex CB11 4TA
Received 27 Aug 2026Hill House Church Lane Debden Essex CB11 3LD
Received 27 Aug 202623A Hill Street Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1EH
Received 27 Aug 2026Braeside London Road Newport Essex CB11 3PP
Received 27 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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