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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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Clipped Hedge Hatfield Heath Essex CM22 7EG
Received 14 Sept 2026Land Known As Bull Field Warish Hall Farm Smiths Green Lane Takeley
Received 14 Sept 2026Elm Grove Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1NA
Received 11 Sept 2026Westwood Lodge Tindon End Great Sampford Essex CB10 2XT
Received 14 Sept 2026Land At Chickney Road Debden
Received 15 Sept 2026The Crump Brickhouse Lane Berden Essex CM23 1AZ
Received 15 Sept 2026The Crump Brickhouse Lane Berden Essex CM23 1AZ
Received 15 Sept 2026Land To The South Of Cornells Lane Widdington Essex
Received 15 Sept 2026Land To The South Of Cornells Lane Widdington Essex
Received 15 Sept 2026Mortlocks Roman Road Radwinter Essex CB10 2TF
Received 15 Sept 202615 Guelphs Lane Thaxted Essex CM6 2PT
Received 15 Sept 2026Land North Of Parsonage Farm Parsonage Lane Barnston Essex
Received 15 Sept 20268 Abbey Lane Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1AG
Received 15 Sept 20268 Abbey Lane Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1AG
Received 15 Sept 2026Land North Of Hammond Road Hatfield Broad Oak Hertfordshire
Received 15 Sept 2026Lidl Great Britain Ltd Radwinter Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3HY
Received 21 Aug 2026Honig House The Endway Great Easton Essex CM6 2HQ
Received 15 Sept 2026Rickling Primary School Rickling Green Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3YG
Received 15 Sept 202643 Castle Street Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1BD
Received 16 Sept 2026Land South Of (East Of Griffin Place) Radwinter Road Sewards End Essex
Received 16 Sept 202660 High Street Chrishall Essex SG8 8RL
Received 16 Sept 2026Land Between Runnels Hey And Silverthorn Great Canfield Road Great Canfield Essex
Received 16 Sept 202638 Town Street Thaxted Essex CM6 2LA
Received 16 Sept 2026Thatched Cottage Motts Green Motts Green Road Little Hallingbury Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM22 7RW
Received 16 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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