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.
10,387 approved · 3,503 refused · 633 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Dacre Gardens Chigwell IG7 5HG
Received 30 Jan 2020Land at Oak Hill Road Stapleford Abbotts RM4 1JH
Received 30 Jan 2020Plots 1-6, 7-15 and 23-27 only Norton Heath Riding Centre Fingrith Hall Lane High Ongar Ongar CM4 0JP
Received 30 Jan 2020Cedar Lodge 37 Berwick Lane Stanford Rivers Ongar CM5 9PZ
Received 30 Jan 20202 Broadfield Way Buckhurst Hill IG9 5AG
Received 30 Jan 2020Langridge Stables Paynes Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2EY
Received 31 Jan 2020Crown Lodge Crown Hill Waltham Abbey EN9 3TF
Received 31 Jan 20207 Hurst Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 6AB
Received 31 Jan 202011 Little Plucketts Way Buckhurst Hill IG9 5QU
Received 3 Feb 202086 Newmans Lane Loughton IG10 1TN
Received 3 Feb 2020Ashlyns Barn Ashlyns Lane Ongar Essex CM5 0NB
Received 3 Feb 202052 Grange Crescent Chigwell IG7 5JF
Received 3 Feb 202011 Cascade Close Buckhurst Hill IG9 6DY
Received 3 Feb 202025 Ely Place Chigwell IG8 8AG
Received 11 Feb 2020The Courtyard Nupers Hatch Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1JR
Received 11 Feb 2020Rose Cottage Pynest Green Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3QN
Received 11 Feb 20201 School House Gardens Loughton IG10 3PD
Received 20 Feb 2020Breach Barns Park Breach Barns Lane Galley Hill Waltham Abbey EN9 2AD
Received 20 Feb 2020The Longhouse Ongar Road Fyfield Ongar CM5 0RB
Received 20 Feb 202052 Grange Crescent Chigwell IG7 5JF
Received 20 Feb 2020Crossgates Cross Keys Mews High Road Thornwood Epping CM16 6LZ
Received 20 Feb 202043 Forest Drive Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7HB
Received 20 Feb 202021 The Campus Loughton IG10 3FB
Received 20 Feb 202096 Newmans Lane Loughton IG10 1TN
Received 26 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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