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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 Epping Forest District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
9,504 approved · 3,331 refused · 560 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
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Received 2 Jul 199934 Palmerston Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5LW
Received 27 Mar 2019Forest House Woodside North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6LG
Received 21 Nov 20192 Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5AA
Received 21 Nov 201911 Woodfield Terrace High Road Thornwood Epping CM16 6LL
Received 21 Nov 201945 Avondale Drive Loughton Essex IG10 3BZ
Received 28 Nov 201915 Pound Close Nazeing Essex EN9 2HR
Received 28 Nov 20199 Stradbroke Grove Buckhurst Hill IG9 5PD
Received 12 Dec 201962 Forest Drive Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7EZ
Received 12 Dec 20195 Broadhurst Gardens Chigwell Essex IG7 5HE
Received 12 Dec 201971 Millwell Crescent Chigwell IG7 5HX
Received 19 Dec 2019West Lodge Coppice Row Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7DR
Received 17 Dec 2019West Hatch High School High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5BT
Received 20 Dec 201921 York Hill Loughton IG10 1RL
Received 20 Dec 2019Monkhams Cottage Claverhambury Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2AU
Received 28 Jan 2019Olives Farm (Plot 1 only) Murthering Lane Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1JT
Received 19 Dec 2019Civic Offices, Epping Forest District Council 323 High Street Epping CM16 4BZ
Received 11 Nov 2019Ladderstile Farm Lodge High Road Epping CM16 4DH
Received 11 Nov 201966 Manor Road Chigwell IG7 5PG
Received 11 Nov 2019Great Oak Coopersale Street Epping CM16 7PG
Received 11 Nov 20197 Buttercross Lane Epping CM16 5AA
Received 11 Nov 2019Cozens Farm Chelmsford Road High Ongar Ongar CM5 9NX
Received 7 Nov 201916 Farm Hill Road Waltham Abbey EN9 1NN
Received 12 Nov 2019Shonks Farm Mill Street Hastingwood Harlow CM17 9JQ
Received 8 Nov 2019Records 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 Epping Forest 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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