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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.
10,112 approved · 3,447 refused · 612 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Plantaganet Place Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1BF
Received 25 Apr 201929 Plantaganet Place Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1BF
Received 25 Apr 20192 Oakleigh Rise Epping Essex CM16 7BL
Received 25 Apr 2019Elmslea Harlow Road Moreton Ongar Essex CM5 0LH
Received 25 Apr 2019Meadow View Abbess Road Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding Ongar Essex CM5 0JJ
Received 25 Apr 201914 Southview Road Loughton Essex IG10 3LG
Received 25 Apr 2019Maes Mawr Stapleford Road Stapleford Abbotts Essex RM4 1EJ
Received 25 Apr 2019Carlton House Stables Lippitts Hill Loughton Essex IG10 4AL
Received 25 Apr 201912 Marconi Bungalows High Road North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6EQ
Received 25 Apr 2019The Briars Old House Lane Roydon Essex CM19 5DN
Received 23 Apr 2019Shadwalkers Middle Street Nazeing Essex EN9 2LH
Received 26 Apr 2019Land rear of 287-291 High Street Epping Essex CM16 4DA
Received 26 Apr 20195 Livingstone Close Ongar Essex CM5 9HB
Received 26 Apr 2019The Chequers Matching Green Matching Essex CM17 0PZ
Received 26 Apr 201915 Drayton Avenue Loughton Essex IG10 3DF
Received 26 Apr 2019Limes Farm County Primary And Infant School Limes Avenue Chigwell Essex IG7 5LP
Received 26 Apr 2019Land Adjacent to Tilegate Farm Tilegate Road Magdalen Laver Ongar Essex CM5 9HX
Received 26 Apr 201962 Marjorams Avenue Loughton Essex IG10 1PU
Received 29 Apr 20191 London Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9PH
Received 29 Apr 2019128 Manor Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5PR
Received 29 Apr 2019Rough Talleys Moreton Road Bobbingworth Ongar Essex CM5 0LU
Received 29 Apr 201910 Meadow Way Sheering Essex CM21 9LL
Received 29 Apr 2019Shadwalkers Middle Street Nazeing Essex EN9 2LH
Received 26 Apr 2019London Mead Harlow Road High Laver Ongar Essex CM5 0DL
Received 29 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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