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466 approved · 178 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
East Of High Lane Stansted
Received 18 Sept 2026East Of High Lane Stansted
Received 18 Sept 2026East Of High Lane Stansted
Received 18 Sept 20265 Auton Croft Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4DY
Received 18 Sept 2026Land West Of Walnut Tree Cottage South Of Braintree Road Dunmow
Received 18 Sept 2026Dukes Meadow Old Mead Road Henham Essex CM22 6JG
Received 18 Sept 2026Redgates Farm House Redgates Lane Sewards End Essex CB10 2LP
Received 21 Sept 2026Audley Cottage 51 Audley Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3HD
Received 21 Sept 2026Building South Of The Meads Bilden End Chrishall
Received 21 Sept 2026Ryalor House Braintree Road Felsted Essex CM6 3DR
Received 21 Sept 2026Carmelstead Cottage Carmel Street Great Chesterford Saffron Walden CB10 1PH
Received 21 Sept 2026Adjacent To Collins Cross Tindon End Great Sampford Essex
Received 22 Sept 2026East Of High Lane Stansted
Received 22 Sept 2026Land To The East Of High Lane Stansted
Received 18 Sept 2026Land To The West Of Buttleys Lane Dunmow
Received 22 Sept 20262 Woodley Place Elsenham Essex CM22 6YA
Received 22 Sept 2026The Georgians High Street Newport Essex CB11 3PG
Received 22 Sept 2026Land West Of Clatterbury Lane Clavering Essex
Received 22 Sept 2026Barn At Springwell Nursery Joseph Farm Walden Road Little Chesterford Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1UE
Received 23 Sept 2026Adjacent Wade Hall Cottage Cambridge Road Ugley
Received 22 Sept 2026Land Adj To Village Hall East Of Cambridge Road Ugley
Received 23 Sept 2026Debden Green Henham Road Debden Essex CB11 3LX
Received 23 Sept 2026Land Off Stoney Common Road Stoney Common Stansted Essex
Received 24 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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Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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