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.
9,886 approved · 3,407 refused · 593 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Feltre Middle Street Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2LW
Received 10 Dec 2019Little Dormers Middle Street Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2LW
Received 10 Dec 20194 Orchard End Ongar CM5 0DA
Received 10 Dec 201918a Sylvan Way Chigwell Essex IG7 4QB
Received 10 Dec 2019Treetops Care Home 23 - 25 Station Road Epping CM16 4HG
Received 10 Dec 2019176 High Street Epping CM16 4AQ
Received 10 Dec 201911 Towneley Cottages Tysea Hill Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1JP
Received 10 Dec 20192 St Johns Road Epping CM16 5DN
Received 10 Dec 201937 Fairlands Avenue Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5TF
Received 10 Dec 2019Foster Street Farm Foster Street Hastingwood Harlow Essex CM17 9HS
Received 10 Dec 201910 Eleven Acre Rise Loughton IG10 1AN
Received 11 Dec 2019Penny Hill Farm Os 2348 Ongar Road Lambourne Romford
Received 11 Dec 2019Taylor Piggerie Lippitts Hill Loughton Essex IG10 4AL
Received 11 Dec 2019Saint James Lodge 16 St James Avenue Ongar CM5 9EL
Received 11 Dec 2019Taylor Piggerie Lippitts Hill Loughton Essex IG10 4AL
Received 11 Dec 2019Whites Cottage 24 Tawney Common Stapleford Tawney CM16 7PU
Received 12 Dec 2019Land to the rear of 33 Piercing Hill Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7JW
Received 12 Dec 201958 Sun Street Waltham Abbey EN9 1EJ
Received 12 Dec 20191 Buttercross Lane Epping CM16 5AA
Received 12 Dec 2019The Suntrap 5 Church Road Loughton IG10 4AJ
Received 12 Dec 201911 The Uplands Loughton IG10 1NQ
Received 12 Dec 2019Mill Lodge Queen Street Fyfield Ongar CM5 0RZ
Received 13 Dec 2019Land rear of 52 and 54 Palmerston Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5LH
Received 13 Dec 201913 Cannons Lane Fyfield Ongar CM5 0SF
Received 13 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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