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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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The East Of Wedow Road Thaxted Essex
Received 27 Aug 2026Kestrels Lower Pond Street Wenden Lofts Essex CB11 4UP
Received 28 Aug 2026The Old School Birchanger Lane Birchanger Bishops Stortford CM23 5QF
Received 26 Aug 2026Buildings At Swallows Farm Pleshey Essex
Received 27 Aug 2026Tudor Cottage Braintree Road Felsted Essex CM6 3DS
Received 26 Aug 2026Honeybrook House Main Street Arkesden Essex CB11 4EX
Received 28 Aug 2026Mulberry Barn Dunmow Farm The Broadway Great Dunmow Essex CM6 3BJ
Received 28 Aug 2026Mulberry Barn Dunmow Farm The Broadway Great Dunmow Essex CM6 3BJ
Received 28 Aug 2026The Fuchsias Old Mead Lane Henham Essex CM22 6JJ
Received 28 Aug 202622 Walden Road Littlebury Essex CB11 4TA
Received 28 Aug 2026Cantlow House Little London Lane Berden Essex CM23 1BD
Received 28 Aug 2026The Fox Bambers Green Road Takeley Essex CM22 6PB
Received 30 Aug 202620 Castle Cross Saffron Walden CB10 2BY
Received 26 Aug 202647 Lower Street Stansted Essex CM24 8LN
Received 30 Aug 2026Barn At Hoys Farm Radwinter Road Sewards End Saffron Walden Essex CB10 2SU
Received 14 Aug 2026The Grange Royston Lane Elmdon Essex CB11 4NB
Received 1 Sept 2026Land South Of Stortford Road Dunmow Dunmow
Received 1 Sept 2026Shorts Barn Shorts Farm Road High Easter Chelmsford Essex CM1 4PY
Received 1 Sept 202610 Market Place Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1HR
Received 1 Sept 2026Land To The West Of Buttleys Lane Dunmow
Received 1 Sept 2026The Grove Stortford Road Hatfield Heath Bishops Stortford CM22 7DL
Received 1 Sept 2026The Brew House Fuchsia Row Park Street Thaxted Dunmow Essex CM6 2ND
Received 1 Sept 2026Wire Farm Crawley End Road Chrishall Essex SG8 8QN
Received 1 Sept 2026Brook Cottage Braintree Road Great Dunmow Essex CM6 1HU
Received 1 Sept 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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