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.
9,862 approved · 3,404 refused · 591 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fyfield Business and Research Park Fyfield Road Ongar Essex CM5 0GN
Received 30 Apr 201938 Forest Drive Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7EZ
Received 30 Apr 2019305 - 307 High Road Loughton Essex IG10 1AL
Received 30 Apr 2019Shottentons Farm Pecks Hill Nazeing Essex EN9 2NY
Received 30 Apr 201929 Orchard Gardens Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1RS
Received 30 Apr 20191 Knights Walk Lambourne Essex RM4 1DR
Received 30 Apr 20192 Gladstone Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5SW
Received 30 Apr 2019106-108 High Road Loughton Essex IG10 4HL
Received 30 Apr 2019Widows Farm Toot Hill Road Ongar Essex CM5 9QR
Received 6 May 2019Widows Farm Toot Hill Road Ongar Essex CM5 9QR
Received 10 May 2019Widows Farm Toot Hill Road Ongar Essex CM5 9QR
Received 10 May 201974 Valley Hill Loughton Essex IG10 3AT
Received 9 Apr 2019Willowcroft Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey Essex E4 7RF
Received 10 Apr 20197 The Orchards Epping Essex CM16 7BB
Received 9 Apr 2019Perry View Middle Street Nazeing Essex EN9 2LH
Received 9 Apr 201977 Mount Pleasant Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5EP
Received 10 Apr 2019Cock and Magpie Public House Epping Road Epping Green Essex CM16 6PU
Received 10 Apr 2019Weald Hall Nursing Home Weald Hall Lane North Weald Epping Essex CM16 6ND
Received 10 Apr 2019Sophie Tysea Hill Stapleford Abbotts Essex RM4 1JP
Received 11 Apr 2019Land at Black Swan Common Road Roydon Essex EN9 2DF
Received 11 Apr 201911 Crossfields, Loughton Essex IG10 3PY
Received 11 Apr 201968 Goldings Road Loughton Essex IG10 2QN
Received 12 Apr 201910 Pakes Way Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7NA
Received 12 Apr 2019Bridge House Roding Road Loughton Essex IG10 3ED
Received 12 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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