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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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Berden Hall Farm Dewes Green Road Berden Hertfordshire
Received 4 Sept 2026Badcock Farm Land Newpasture Lane Saling Road Stebbing Essex CM6 3TD
Received 4 Sept 2026Cammas Hall Farm Needham Green Road Hatfield Heath Essex CM22 7JT
Received 4 Sept 2026Watch House Cottage Bannister Green Felsted Essex CM6 3NQ
Received 4 Sept 2026Toad Hall Chapel End Broxted Essex CM6 2BW
Received 4 Sept 2026Granary At Wire Farm Crawley End Road Chrishall
Received 5 Sept 2026Highwood Quarry Stortford Road Little Canfield Dunmow Essex CM6 1SL
Received 3 Sept 2026Land North Of Elsenham Road Stansted
Received 6 Sept 2026Land North Of Takeley Smiths Green Lane Takeley
Received 4 Sept 20261 Parsonage Farm Barns Barnston Road High Easter Essex CM1 4QZ
Received 7 Sept 20261 Parsonage Farm Barns Barnston Road High Easter Essex CM1 4QZ
Received 7 Sept 2026Staines Farm Henham Road Debden Essex CB11 3NA
Received 7 Sept 2026St Marys The Virgin Church Church Street Newport Essex CB11 3RA
Received 8 Sept 2026Land South Of Alsa Business Park Alsa Street Stansted
Received 8 Sept 2026Land South Of Alsa Business Park Alsa Street Stansted
Received 8 Sept 2026Thatched Cottage Little Walden Road Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1XB
Received 17 Jul 2026The Gate Inn 74 Thaxted Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3AG
Received 8 Sept 20266 Mallows Green Road Manuden Essex CM23 1DG
Received 8 Sept 2026South Of Wisteria House Henham Road Debden Essex
Received 8 Sept 2026Easter Cottage Chickney Road Henham Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM22 6BG
Received 7 Sept 20263 Common Hill Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1JG
Received 9 Sept 2026Land At Stanbrook Road Thaxted Essex CM6 2NG
Received 9 Sept 2026Richmonds Green, Whittakers Holders Green Road Thaxted Essex CM6 3QF
Received 9 Sept 2026Toad Hall Chapel End Broxted Dunmow Essex CM6 2BW
Received 9 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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