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.
10,447 approved · 3,519 refused · 634 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Harwater Drive Loughton IG10 1LP
Received 7 Sept 2020178 High Road Loughton IG10 1DN
Received 7 Sept 202025 Felstead Road Loughton IG10 3BB
Received 7 Sept 2020Hainault Hall 173 Lambourne Road Chigwell IG7 6JU
Received 7 Sept 2020Hainault Hall 173 Lambourne Road Chigwell IG7 6JU
Received 7 Sept 20209 Cornmill Waltham Abbey EN9 1RB
Received 7 Sept 202016 Farm Way Buckhurst Hill IG9 5AH
Received 8 Sept 2020Hainault Hall 173 Lambourne Road Chigwell IG7 6JU
Received 7 Sept 2020Luthers Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey E4 7RF
Received 8 Sept 202063 Whitehills Road Loughton IG10 1TU
Received 8 Sept 202037 Forest Drive Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7HA
Received 8 Sept 2020Holly House Private Hospital High Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5HX
Received 8 Sept 202024 Fontayne Avenue Chigwell IG7 5HF
Received 8 Sept 202011 Meadow Way Chigwell IG7 6LP
Received 8 Sept 2020Little Stiles Back Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2RS
Received 8 Sept 2020Moore House Plantaganet Place Waltham Abbey EN9 1BF
Received 8 Sept 2020The Haven Honey Pot Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3SG
Received 8 Sept 202012 Walton Gardens Waltham Abbey EN9 1BL
Received 9 Sept 202090 Longfields Ongar CM5 9DE
Received 9 Sept 2020232-234 Simon Campion Court High Street Epping CM16 4AU
Received 9 Sept 2020196 Crooked Mile Waltham Abbey EN9 2ES
Received 9 Sept 2020Oakleigh Nursery Paynes Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2EU
Received 9 Sept 20209 Hurst Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 6AB
Received 9 Sept 202013 Holecroft Waltham Abbey EN9 1UL
Received 9 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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