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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.
10,303 approved · 3,482 refused · 623 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Laburnum Road Coopersale Essex CM16 7RA
Received 16 Jan 2020Wildorbar Bournebridge Lane Stapleford Abbotts
Received 16 Jan 20209 King Street Ongar Essex CM5 9NS
Received 16 Jan 20209 Chigwell Park Chigwell IG7 5BE
Received 16 Jan 2020The Conifers Epping Road North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6LA
Received 16 Jan 2020Brightside Blythe Road Roydon Harlow EN11 0BB
Received 16 Jan 2020Langridge Nursery, Valley Grown Nurseries Paynes Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2EX
Received 16 Jan 202048 Russell Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5QE
Received 16 Jan 2020Stapleford Abbotts Golf Course Tysea Hill Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1JU
Received 16 Jan 202052 Forest Road Loughton IG10 1EQ
Received 16 Jan 202022 Woodside Buckhurst Hill IG9 5DR
Received 16 Jan 2020High Laver Grange Matching Road High Laver Ongar CM5 0DX
Received 17 Jan 20206 The Stables Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RQ
Received 17 Jan 2020McDonald's Restaurant Highbridge Retail Park Highbridge Street Waltham Abbey EN9 1BY
Received 17 Jan 202057 Theydon Park Road Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7LR
Received 17 Jan 2020Taylor Piggerie Lippitts Hill Loughton IG10 4AL
Received 17 Jan 202014 Oak Piece North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6JJ
Received 20 Jan 202036 The Gables Ongar CM5 0GA
Received 20 Jan 2020Paddocks Little Laver Road Little Laver Harlow CM17 0RH
Received 20 Jan 202025 Ely Place Chigwell IG8 8AG
Received 20 Jan 2020100 Princes Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5DZ
Received 20 Jan 2020Paslow Hall Farm King Street High Ongar Ongar CM5 9NZ
Received 20 Jan 2020Paddocks Little Laver Road Little Laver Harlow CM17 0RH
Received 20 Jan 2020Paddocks Little Laver Road Little Laver Harlow CM17 0RH
Received 20 Jan 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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