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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.
10,416 approved · 3,511 refused · 634 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Langridge Cottages Paynes Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2EZ
Received 1 Sept 202036 Oak Lodge Avenue Chigwell IG7 5HZ
Received 1 Sept 202014 A North Street Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2NN
Received 1 Sept 20207 Glebelands Chigwell IG7 4QG
Received 1 Sept 202018 The Gables Ongar CM5 0GA
Received 1 Sept 2020High Warren Mount End Road Theydon Mount Epping CM16 7PT
Received 2 Sept 2020Farm Workshop Gallmans End Farm Manor Road Lambourne Romford RM4 1NA
Received 2 Sept 2020Civic Offices, Epping Forest District Council 323 High Street Epping CM16 4BZ
Received 2 Sept 2020Woodcote Church Lane Sheering Harlow CM22 7NR
Received 2 Sept 202058 Coolgardie Avenue Chigwell IG7 5AY
Received 2 Sept 202014 Mayflower Way Ongar CM5 9AZ
Received 2 Sept 2020Rolls Park, Rolls House High Road Chigwell IG7 6DJ
Received 2 Sept 2020Civic Offices, Epping Forest District Council 323 High Street Epping CM16 4BZ
Received 3 Sept 20209 River Way Loughton IG10 3LJ
Received 3 Sept 202055 Wellfields Loughton Essex IG10 1PA
Received 3 Sept 202016 Eleven Acre Rise Loughton Essex IG10 1AN
Received 3 Sept 2020Beech Field Shellow Road Willingale Ongar Essex CM5 0SP
Received 3 Sept 2020Peartree Farm Holyfield Road Waltham Abbey EN9 2EW
Received 3 Sept 20201 Lampetts Cottages Moreton Road Fyfield Ongar CM5 0HT
Received 3 Sept 20201 Lampetts Cottages Moreton Road Fyfield Ongar CM5 0HT
Received 3 Sept 202094 Avondale Drive Loughton IG10 3DQ
Received 3 Sept 2020Hideaway Green Lane Bury Road E4 7QP
Received 3 Sept 2020Clarklands Little Laver Road Moreton Ongar CM5 0JE
Received 3 Sept 202019 Goldings Rise Loughton IG10 2QP
Received 3 Sept 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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