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.
10,081 approved · 3,441 refused · 611 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Ely Place Chigwell Essex IG8 8AG
Received 23 Apr 201928 Chandler Road Loughton Essex IG10 2LQ
Received 23 Apr 20195 Kimpton Close Ongar Essex CM5 0BQ
Received 23 Apr 2019Moor Hall Stables Moor Hall Road North Matching Essex CM17 0LP
Received 23 Apr 2019Chigwell School High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6QF
Received 23 Apr 2019Duke Of Wellington Public House 36 High Street Epping Essex CM16 4AE
Received 23 Apr 201929 Orchard Gardens Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1RS
Received 23 Apr 20198 Willowmead Chigwell Essex IG7 6JR
Received 23 Apr 201936 Maple Springs Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3LL
Received 23 Apr 2019404 Fencepiece Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5DS
Received 23 Apr 20196 Bassett Gardens North Weald Epping Essex CM16 6DB
Received 23 Apr 2019The Briars Old House Lane Roydon Essex CM19 5DN
Received 23 Apr 201911 Kendal Avenue Epping Essex CM16 4PW
Received 23 Apr 20199 Goldings Rise Loughton Essex IG10 2QP
Received 24 Apr 2019Lodge Park Land to the rear of 40 - 62 Hoe Lane Abridge Essex RM4 1AU
Received 25 Apr 2019Greenleaves 4 Warren Hill Loughton Essex IG10 4RL
Received 24 Apr 2019Former St Elizabeths Church Chestnut Avenue Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6EP
Received 24 Apr 201924 John Eliot Close Nazeing Essex EN9 2NZ
Received 24 Apr 2019Manor Farm Mott Street Waltham Abbey Essex IG10 4AP
Received 24 Apr 201946 Courtland Drive Chigwell IG7 6PW
Received 24 Apr 2019The Malt Barn Matching Green Matching Essex CM17 0QE
Received 24 Apr 2019Quinneys Willingale Road Fyfield Ongar Essex CM5 0SD
Received 24 Apr 20191 Little Colemans Romford Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9PQ
Received 24 Apr 2019Pear Tree House Downhall Road Matching Green Essex CM17 0QE
Received 25 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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