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.
9,979 approved · 3,424 refused · 604 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hobbans Cottage Moreton Road Ongar CM5 0LX
Received 10 Aug 20202 Silver Street Waltham Abbey EN9 1RJ
Received 10 Jun 202017 Baldocks Road Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7EB
Received 11 Aug 2020Redroofs Oak Hill Road Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1EH
Received 12 Aug 2020Dallance Farm, Galley Hill Equine Breach Barns Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 2AD
Received 12 Aug 2020Greenacre House King Street High Ongar Ongar CM5 9NS
Received 12 Aug 2020Lambwood Heights 244 Lambourne Road Chigwell IG7 6HX
Received 12 Aug 202067 Western Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2QH
Received 13 Aug 2020Greenacre 9 Woodman Lane Waltham Abbey E4 7QR
Received 13 Aug 2020Stapleford Farm Oak Hill Road Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1EH
Received 13 Aug 202012 Kenilworth Gardens Loughton IG10 3AG
Received 13 Aug 202029 Shooters Drive Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2QA
Received 14 Aug 20203 Woodgreen Road Waltham Abbey EN9 3SA
Received 13 Aug 2020The Avenue Lawn Tennis Club 18 The Avenue Loughton IG10 4PT
Received 13 Aug 202031 Walter Mead Close Ongar CM5 0BW
Received 13 Aug 2020Reevesgate Farm Claverhambury Road Waltham Abbey EN9 2BL
Received 13 Aug 202054 Tempest Mead North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6DY
Received 13 Aug 2020Brook House Barn (Brook Barn) Epping Lane Stapleford Tawney Romford RM4 1ST
Received 13 Aug 202025 Greenfields Loughton IG10 3HF
Received 14 Aug 202099 Englands Lane Loughton IG10 2QL
Received 14 Aug 2020Longfields Bassetts Lane Willingale Ongar Essex CM5 0QJ
Received 14 Aug 202047 The Crescent Loughton IG10 4PU
Received 14 Aug 202047 The Crescent Loughton IG10 4PU
Received 14 Aug 202049 Theydon Park Road Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7LR
Received 14 Aug 2020Records 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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