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.
9,929 approved · 3,414 refused · 595 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land and Garages to the rear of 30-34A Hornbeam Road (adj Hornbeam House) Hornbeam Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6JT
Received 23 Dec 2019Land and Garages to rear of 2 -12 Hornbeam Road (Hornbeam Close Site B) Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6JS
Received 23 Dec 2019Garages at Lower Alderton Hall Lane Loughton Essex IG10 3HA
Received 23 Dec 2019Land and Garages adjacent 97 Queensway Ongar Essex CM5 0BP
Received 23 Dec 201925 Ely Place Chigwell IG8 8AG
Received 23 Dec 201920 Dukes Avenue Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7HE
Received 23 Dec 2019The Outlook, The Stables Moreton Bridge Moreton Ongar CM5 0LL
Received 19 Dec 2019Land and Garages Denny Avenue Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1NS
Received 23 Dec 2019Land and Garages to rear of 12A Chequers Road Loughton Essex IG10 3QF
Received 23 Dec 2019Garages adj 92/94 Beechfield Walk Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3AD
Received 23 Dec 2019Garages rear of 119-125 Chester Road Loughton Essex IG10 2LR
Received 23 Dec 2019Land and Garages accessed to the rear of 82 Alderton Hall Lane and to the rear of 139 Chequers Road Bushfields Loughton Essex IG10 3JR
Received 23 Dec 2019Victoria Hall Greenyard Waltham Abbey EN9 1RD
Received 23 Dec 20191 Stony Path Loughton IG10 1SJ
Received 23 Dec 201928 Woodside Buckhurst Hill IG9 5DR
Received 23 Dec 2019Bury Lodge Bury Road Waltham Abbey E4 7QL
Received 23 Dec 2019Ridge House Hoe Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2RJ
Received 24 Dec 201951 Hainault Road Chigwell IG7 5DH
Received 24 Dec 201933 Pyrles Lane Loughton IG10 2NW
Received 24 Dec 2019Southend Farm Kennels Southend Farm Southend Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3SE
Received 27 Dec 2019Meadow Grand 29 Woodgreen Road Waltham Abbey EN9 3SD
Received 27 Dec 2019107 Grange Crescent Chigwell IG7 5JD
Received 27 Dec 2019Penistone Epping Road Roydon Harlow CM19 5DA
Received 30 Dec 20195 Pecks Hill Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2NX
Received 30 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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