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.
9,907 approved · 3,409 refused · 593 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 High Beech Road Loughton IG10 4BL
Received 16 Dec 201910 Lechmere Avenue Chigwell IG7 5ET
Received 16 Dec 2019Herb Farm Granaries London Road Thornwood CM17 9LH
Received 16 Dec 2019Collins Cross Farm Collins Cross Road Matching Harlow CM17 0QY
Received 17 Dec 201959 Hainault Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5DH
Received 17 Dec 2019Newstead 19 Coopersale Common Coopersale Epping CM16 7QS
Received 17 Dec 201949 Church Hill Loughton IG10 1QP
Received 17 Dec 20192 Deepdene Road Loughton IG10 3PU
Received 17 Dec 2019Netherhouse Farm Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey E4 7RJ
Received 17 Dec 2019Forest Place Roebuck Lane Buckhurst Hill IG9 5QL
Received 17 Dec 2019140-142 Church Hill Loughton IG10 1LJ
Received 17 Dec 2019The Ship off New Road Lambourne Romford RM4 1AJ
Received 18 Dec 201968 High Street Roydon Harlow CM19 5EA
Received 17 Dec 2019The Fish And Eels Dobbs Weir Road Roydon Harlow EN11 0AY
Received 17 Dec 201927 Gravel Lane Chigwell IG7 6DA
Received 17 Dec 201942 Lyndhurst Rise Chigwell IG7 5BA
Received 9 Jan 2020Old Cottage Mill Lane High Ongar Ongar CM5 9RQ
Received 18 Dec 20191st and 2nd Floor Vincent House Grove Lane Epping Essex CM16 4LH
Received 15 May 201942 Lyndhurst Rise Chigwell IG7 5BA
Received 18 Dec 201930 Townmead Road Waltham Abbey EN9 1RP
Received 18 Dec 2019Arnolds Farm Ongar Road Stapleford Tawney RM4 1RH
Received 18 Dec 2019Shottentons Farm Pecks Hill Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2NY
Received 18 Dec 2019Paslows Field King Street High Ongar Ongar CM5 9NP
Received 18 Dec 201911 Station Road Chigwell IG7 6QT
Received 18 Dec 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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