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Uttlesford

Limited recent decision data is available for Uttlesford, so we don't show a headline approval rate here — the figures below cover all application types on record.

Across all application types on record (2023-01-31–2026-04-09): 85.2% of 3,301 decisions approved.

3,741Total applications
2,812Approved
489Refused
117Withdrawn
267Pending
85.2%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
3,641Delegated Decision
92Committee Decision
8Blank Field
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Discharge of Conditions 766 764 2
99.7%
Householder 710 582 128
82.0%
Full Planning Application 540 407 133
75.4%
Tree Works (TPO) 425 421 4
99.1%
Listed Building Consent 283 218 65
77.0%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 149 123 26
82.6%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 140 102 38
72.9%
Outline Planning 66 41 25
62.1%
Prior Approval (Other) 55 34 21
61.8%
Prior Approval (Class Q — Agricultural to Residential) 37 17 20
45.9%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 34 25 9
73.5%
Advertisement Consent 21 15 6
71.4%
General PD - Extensions 17 17 0
100.0%
Overhead Power Lines 15 15 0
100.0%
County Council 13 13 0
100.0%
Planning in Principle 11 5 6
45.5%
S62A Designation application 7 4 3
57.1%
Airport Permitted Development 5 5 0
100.0%
Technical Details Consent 3 1 2
33.3%
Hedgerow Removal 2 2 0
100.0%
Solar Panels (Non Domestic) 1 1 0
100.0%
Permitted Development Schedule 2 Part 20 1 0 1
0.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 243 195
80.2%
2023-Q4 247 205
83.0%
2024-Q1 282 235
83.3%
2024-Q2 264 230
87.1%
2024-Q3 255 222
87.1%
2024-Q4 304 272
89.5%
2025-Q1 282 239
84.8%
2025-Q2 278 235
84.5%
2025-Q3 265 232
87.5%
2025-Q4 277 239
86.3%
2026-Q1 258 212
82.2%
2026-Q2 18 15
83.3%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Felsted And Stebbing 241 201 40
83.4%
Thaxted And The Eastons 238 206 32
86.6%
Littlebury, Chesterford And Wendens Loft 230 205 25
89.1%
Broad Oak And The Hallingburys 224 182 42
81.2%
Takeley 217 186 31
85.7%
Great Dunmow South And Barnston 192 170 22
88.5%
Elsenham & Henham 176 153 23
86.9%
Clavering 172 141 31
82.0%
Saffron Walden Shire 171 159 12
93.0%
Saffron Walden Audley 168 150 18
89.3%
Stansted North 160 133 27
83.1%
High Easter And The Rodings 141 112 29
79.4%
Planning guides

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