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 Epping Forest District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
9,860 approved · 3,404 refused · 591 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clasper House Hemnall Street Epping Essex CM16 4LR
Received 2 Apr 201915A Queens Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5BZ
Received 2 Apr 2019Piggotts Farm Abridge Road Theydon Bois Epping Essex RM4 1TX
Received 1 Apr 2019Meadgate Works Meadgate Road Nazeing Essex EN9 2PD
Received 4 Apr 2019Esperanza Nursery Stapleford Road Stapleford Abbotts Essex RM4 1EJ
Received 4 Apr 2019102 High Street Ongar Essex CM5 9EB
Received 5 Apr 2019102 High Street Ongar Essex CM5 9EB
Received 5 Apr 20191-7 Margaret Road Epping Essex CM16 5BP
Received 8 Apr 2019Land adjacent to 7 Margaret Road Epping Essex CM16 5BP
Received 8 Apr 2019Elms Farm Waples Mill Road Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding Ongar Essex CM5 0TE
Received 9 Apr 201961 Fairfield Road Epping Essex CM16 6ST
Received 8 Apr 2019Canes Farm Canes Lane Hastingwood North Weald Essex CM17 9LD
Received 8 Apr 201916 Woodfield Terrace High Road Thornwood Epping Essex CM16 6LL
Received 8 Apr 201929 Osprey Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3RY
Received 8 Apr 201917 Warren Field Epping Essex CM16 7BA
Received 8 Apr 2019Bridge Cottage 7 London Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9PH
Received 17 Apr 201988 Smarts Lane Loughton Essex IG10 4BS
Received 17 Apr 2019Monkhams Cottage Claverhambury Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2AU
Received 17 Apr 201965 Mason Way Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3EU
Received 18 Apr 201946 Stradbroke Drive Chigwell Essex IG7 5QZ
Received 18 Apr 20191 Tomswood Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5QP
Received 18 Apr 2019Pine Lodge Riding Centre Lippitts Hill Loughton Essex IG10 4AL
Received 30 Apr 20195 Butlers Drive Waltham Abbey Essex E4 7RL
Received 30 Apr 2019Victory Lodge Waples Mill Road Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding Ongar Essex CM5 0TE
Received 30 Apr 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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