
Uttlesford planning committee
Councillor Nick Church
ConservativeSeen at planning committee from July 2025 to September 2026
- 100%attendance
- 34agreed, no vote against recorded
- 67decisions at their meetings
- 3motions proposed
As at 30 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Uttlesford’s published minutes, Councillor Nick Church attended 15 of the 15 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from July 2025 to September 2026. On 34 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Church is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below. Church proposed 3 motions the committee passed and seconded 2.
- Meetings attended
- 15 of 15100%
- Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence.
- Decisions at their meetings
- 67
- Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
- Agreed, no vote against recorded
- 34
- Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
- Proposed or seconded
- 3 / 2
- Motions the minutes say they proposed, then seconded, that the committee passed.
- Declared interests
- 1
- Decisions on which the minutes record them declaring an interest.
Voting record
The minutes we hold do not give each member's vote at these meetings, so no vote is counted for Church and no voting chart is drawn. The minutes do name who proposed each motion.
Motions they proposed
1 of the 3 motions Church proposed was to approve, 2 to refuse.
The outcome of each motion the minutes say Church proposed and the committee passed.
Attendance
100%
15 of 15 meetings whose minutes list them.
The typical member of this committee attended 82% (the median of 11 members listed at 5 or more meetings).
Every meeting
Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.
Planning Committee: 15 meetings
Show as a table
| Date | Committee | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 2 Sep 2026 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 5 Aug 2026 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 13 May 2026 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 27 Aug 2025 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 30 Jul 2025 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 2 Jul 2025 | Planning Committee | Present |
Decisions
Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.
- 2 Granta Cottages Newmarket Road Great Chesterford EssexTwo-storey house extension · UTT/26/1545/HHF Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land To The North Of Chickney Road Henham HertfordshireSeven self-build homes · UTT/26/1612/FUL RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land East Of Highwood Quarry Woodside Way DunmowDeed of variation · UTT/26/0053/DOV Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land At Bran End Bran End Fields Stebbing DunmowOne self-build dwelling · UTT/26/1227/FUL Refused For refusalNo vote against recorded
- Land West Of Dunmow Braintree Road Dunmow12MW solar farm · UTT/25/1374/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Great Dunmow Leisure Centre Parsonage Downs Great Dunmow EssexArtificial grass pitch refurbishment · UTT/26/1444/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Rowney House Thaxted Road Debden EssexTwo homes and annexe changes · UTT/26/0342/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land To The West Of Chelmsford Road Felsted Essex10-family caravan site · UTT/26/0138/FUL Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land At Hill Green Wicken Road Clavering Essex28 new homes · UTT/26/0948/FUL RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land East Of Brick Kiln Lane North Of Pound Gate Stebbing Essex60 homes · UTT/25/1478/FUL Refused For refusalNo vote against recorded
- Land East Of Highwood Quarry Woodside Way DunmowHistoric agreement variation · UTT/26/0053/DOV Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land North Of Stansted AirportRemoving vehicle caps · UTT/25/2814/DOVProposed the motion Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Badcock Farm Saling Road Stebbing Dunmow EssexReplacement livestock building · UTT/25/3313/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Burbank 37 Clarendon Road Little Canfield EssexFour new homes · UTT/25/2984/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land To The West Of Clatterbury Lane Clavering EssexUp to 9 homes · UTT/25/2897/OP Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land West Of Birchanger Lane Birchanger180 homes and access · UTT/25/3011/OP RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- South West Of Mountfitchet High School Forest Hall Road Stansted Essex300-home mixed-use development · UTT/25/3012/OP RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land At Sandons Farm Kates Lane Ashdon EssexRural worker’s dwelling · UTT/26/0493/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Burbank 37 Clarendon Road Little Canfield EssexFour new homes · UTT/25/2984/FUL Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land To The West Of Clatterbury Lane Clavering EssexUp to 9 homes · UTT/25/2897/OP Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Rosemary Cottage Causeway End Road Felsted EssexOne new dwelling · UTT/26/0385/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land At Hill Green Wicken Road Clavering Essex28 homes with affordable housing · UTT/25/2404/FUL RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land North Of Rayne Road Bannister Green Felsted100 homes · UTT/25/2498/OPProposed the motion Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land North Of Garnetts Lane And Stebbing Road Felsted Essex70 homes · UTT/25/1929/OP Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land South Of (East Of Griffin Place) Radwinter Road Sewards End And Saffron Walden Essex233 homes · UTT/25/1568/DFO Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- The Brew House Fuchsia Row Park Street Thaxted EssexOne self-build dwelling · UTT/25/2971/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land To The North East Of Chalk Farm Lane NewportFour traveller pitches · UTT/25/0866/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Former Council Depot New Street Dunmow EssexNine homes · UTT/25/2838/FULProposed the motion Refused For refusalNo vote against recorded
- Council Offices London Road Saffron Walden EssexListed building alterations · UTT/26/0014/LB Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Council Offices London Road Saffron Walden EssexGround-floor alterations · UTT/26/0006/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land East Of Cox Ley Hatfield HeathUp to 58 homes · UTT/25/2676/OP Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land To The East Of Parsonage Road Takeley20 dwellings · UTT/25/2992/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land East Of Parsonage Road Takeley88 homes · UTT/25/2991/DFOSeconded the motion Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land East Of Old Mead Road Henham130 homes · UTT/25/2490/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Cranwellian The Street Takeley EssexSix residential dwellings · UTT/25/1854/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 8 Church Street Great Dunmow EssexRetrospective outbuilding · UTT/25/3169/HHF Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Rosemary Cottage Causeway End Road Felsted EssexOne new dwelling · UTT/25/1900/FUL RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land At Parsonage Farm Forest Hall Road Stansted EssexSolar farm with batteries · UTT/25/1742/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Green Energy Hub Chesterford Park Little Chesterford EssexBin store and utility buildings · UTT/25/2525/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land At Palmers Lane Chrishall RoystonTwo detached dwellings · UTT/25/1127/FUL RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land North Of Stansted Third Avenue Stansted AirportDistribution depot · UTT/25/2397/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land West Of Whitehall Wood Ashdon Road Saffron WaldenSecure dog walking field · UTT/25/2184/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land At Camps Field Lower Road Little HallingburyUp to 52 homes · UTT/25/2181/OP Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- London Stansted Airport Bassingbourn Road StanstedAirport taxiway works · UTT/25/1542/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Council Offices London Road Saffron Walden EssexLow-carbon listed-building works · UTT/25/2461/LB Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Council Offices London Road Saffron Walden EssexEnergy efficiency upgrades · UTT/25/2460/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land To The East Of Clapton Hall Lane Dunmow22 new dwellings · UTT/23/1719/FULDeclared an interest Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land To The West Of Butlers Lane Saffron WaldenFarm irrigation reservoir · UTT/25/2099/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land South Of Stortford Road Dunmow272 homes · UTT/25/1908/DFO Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Council Offices London Road Saffron Walden EssexListed building alterations · UTT/25/1958/LB Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Council Offices London Road Saffron Walden EssexGround-floor alterations · UTT/25/1957/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land East Of Oakhanger Friars Lane Hatfield Heath Hertfordshire7 homes · UTT/25/2262/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land To The South Of Stortford Road Little Canfield EssexNursery and soft play centre · UTT/25/0539/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land To The West Of Buttleys Lane Dunmow46 homes · UTT/24/3245/DFOSeconded the motion Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land East Of Highwood Quarry (Landscape Buffer) Woodside Way DunmowStrategic landscape buffer · UTT/25/1609/DFO Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land South Of (West Of Robin Hood Road) Rush Lane Elsenham40 dwellings · UTT/24/3150/DFO Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- East Of High Lane Stansted56 homes · UTT/25/1061/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land West Of Garnetts Dunmow Road Takeley155 homes · UTT/25/1391/DFO Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 8 Church Street DunmowKitchen alterations · UTT/25/0576/LB Refused For refusalNo vote against recorded
- Land South Of (West Of Robin Hood Road) Rush Lane Elsenham40 dwellings · UTT/24/3150/DFO Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Moors Fields Station Road Little Dunmow EssexCommunity centre and nursery · UTT/25/0310/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Rails Stables Watling Lane Thaxted Dunmow EssexRoofspace annex · UTT/25/0827/HHF Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land To The West Of Thaxted Road Debden Essex25 private and affordable homes · UTT/25/1160/DFO Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- The Darwin Laboratory Building 900 Chesterford Park Little Chesterford Saffron Walden EssexEntrance and parking works · UTT/25/0652/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Saffron Walden County High School Audley End Road Saffron Walden EssexHockey pitch floodlights · UTT/25/0720/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- The Coal Shed Site Linton Road HadstockThree detached homes · UTT/25/0871/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land North Of Bedwell Road And East Of Old Mead Road Ugley And Henham240-home housing scheme · UTT/24/0543/OP Refused For refusalNo vote against recorded
No decision matches these filters.
In the minutes
What the minutes record Church moving, seconding, asking or saying on each decision, in the minutes’ own words. Passages that name more than one councillor, or a member of the public, are left out.
Subjects in what the minutes record
- Neighbours and amenity8 Apr 2026
- Moved approval
“Councillor Church proposed approval of the application.”
Minutes, 30 Sep 2026, 2 Granta Cottages Newmarket Road Great Chesterford Essex - Seconded
“This proposal was seconded by Councillor Church.”
Minutes, 2 Sep 2026, Land West Of Dunmow Braintree Road Dunmow - Moved the motion
“Councillor Church proposed agreement to the recommendation, and this was seconded by Councillor Driscoll.”
Minutes, 5 Aug 2026, Land North Of Stansted Airport - Moved approval
“Councillor Church proposed approval of the application and to also enhance the Construction Management Plan to consider appropriate construction access, including a possible haul road, which could mitigate nuisance and disturbance to residents.”
Minutes, 8 Apr 2026, Land North Of Garnetts Lane And Stebbing Road Felsted Essex - Moved refusal
“Councillor Church proposed refusal of the application, and this was seconded by Councillor Sutton.”
Minutes, 8 Apr 2026, Land North Of Rayne Road Bannister Green Felsted - Seconded
“Councillor Silcock proposed approval of the application, with an added informative and this was seconded by Councillor Church.”
Minutes, 11 Mar 2026, Land East Of Parsonage Road Takeley - Seconded
“This was seconded by Councillor Church.”
Minutes, 11 Mar 2026, Land To The East Of Parsonage Road Takeley - Moved refusal
“Councillor Church proposed refusal of the application, and this was seconded by Councillor Emanuel.”
Minutes, 11 Mar 2026, Former Council Depot New Street Dunmow Essex - Spoke
“Councillor Church said that whilst he was not overly happy with the development, he would propose approval.”
Minutes, 14 Jan 2026, Rosemary Cottage Causeway End Road Felsted Essex - Moved refusal
“Councillor Church proposed refusal of the application. He said that a new application should be invited.”
Minutes, 14 Jan 2026, 8 Church Street Great Dunmow Essex - Seconded
“This was seconded by Councillor Church.”
Minutes, 17 Dec 2025, Land North Of Stansted Third Avenue Stansted Airport - Spoke
“Councillor Church said how important it was for the applicant to engage with the local community; he seconded the motion.”
Minutes, 19 Nov 2025, Land To The West Of Butlers Lane Saffron Walden - Seconded
“This was seconded by Councillor Church.”
Minutes, 19 Nov 2025, Council Offices London Road Saffron Walden Essex - Seconded
“This was seconded by Councillor Church.”
Minutes, 19 Nov 2025, Council Offices London Road Saffron Walden Essex - Seconded
“Councillor Pavitt proposed approval of the application, and this was seconded by Councillor Church.”
Minutes, 22 Oct 2025, Land To The West Of Buttleys Lane Dunmow - Seconded
“This was seconded by Councillor Church.”
Minutes, 22 Oct 2025, Council Offices London Road Saffron Walden Essex - Seconded
“This was seconded by Councillor Church.”
Minutes, 22 Oct 2025, Council Offices London Road Saffron Walden Essex - Spoke
“Councillor Church said that he was very happy to propose approval of the application.”
Minutes, 27 Aug 2025, Moors Fields Station Road Little Dunmow Essex - Seconded
“This proposal was seconded by Councillor Church.”
Minutes, 27 Aug 2025, Land South Of (West Of Robin Hood Road) Rush Lane Elsenham - Moved approval
“Councillor Church proposed approval of the application with amendments that condition 4 outlining the obscured glass be removed and an additional condition be added that the solar panels be inset to the roof.”
Minutes, 30 Jul 2025, Rails Stables Watling Lane Thaxted Dunmow Essex - Moved approval
“Councillor Church proposed approval of the application.”
Minutes, 2 Jul 2025, Saffron Walden County High School Audley End Road Saffron Walden Essex
How this is worked out
Everything here is read from Uttlesford’s published planning committee minutes, 17 meetings from July 2025 to September 2026. A councillor is matched across meetings by the council’s own member number where it has one, otherwise by full name.
Each vote shows how it is known. Named in the minutes: the minutes, or the council’s own recorded vote, list each member with their vote. From the count and the names: the minutes give the numbers and name the members in the minority, and every member present is known. All members present in favour: the minutes say every member voted for it and the members present are known. No vote against recorded: the minutes record the decision with no vote against, no abstention and no count, at a council whose minutes print a divided vote when there is one, so each member present is counted for. Unanimous vote: the minutes call the decision unanimous, or give a count with no one against and no one abstaining, and each member present is counted for. From the meeting recording: the vote was heard on the council’s recording of the meeting and closes exactly with the members present. Where none of these holds, the vote is left as “Not recorded” and is not counted.
Votes are on the resolution the committee passed, so a vote for is a vote with the majority. A vote is a decision on the application in front of the committee, not a statement of the councillor’s views. A percentage is shown only with five or more votes, decisions or meetings behind it.
Source: Plota analysis of the council’s minutes. The party is from the council’s own list of councillors.
Also on this committee
- Maggie SuttonResidents
- Richard FreemanResidents
- Richard HaynesResidents
- Judy EmanuelResidents
- Richard PavittIndependent
- Mark LemonConservative
- Geof DriscollResidents
- Richard SilcockLib Dem
- Geoff BagnallReform UK
- Heather AskerReform UK
- Janice LoughlinLib Dem
- Ray GoodingConservative