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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.
10,528 approved · 3,534 refused · 639 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
132 Church Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1LH
Received 15 May 2019The Barn Ashlings Farm Lane High Ongar Ingatestone Essex CM4 0JU
Received 15 May 2019White Lodge 61 Westbury Lane Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5PH
Received 15 May 2019White Lodge 61 Westbury Lane Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5PH
Received 15 May 2019Red Cherries 32 Tatsfield Avenue Nazeing Essex EN9 2HH
Received 15 May 2019Chigwell School High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6QF
Received 15 May 2019Hainault Hall 173 Lambourne Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6JU
Received 16 May 201939 Lee Grove Chigwell IG7 6AD
Received 15 May 2019139 Old Nazeing Road Nazeing Essex EN10 6RF
Received 16 May 2019The Grange 75 High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6DL
Received 16 May 2019Land at 2 Bentons Cottages Middle Street Nazeing Essex EN9 2LN
Received 16 May 2019Ladylands Chelmsford Road High Ongar Ongar Essex CM4 0LP
Received 17 May 2019Cowick Cottage Sawbridgeworth Road Sheering Essex CM21 9HX
Received 17 May 2019Tylers Green Stores Vicarage Lane North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6ET
Received 20 May 201955 Morris Court Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3DX
Received 21 May 2019Almond Court 18a, 18b, 18c and 18d Westbury Lane Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5PL
Received 3 May 2019Moor Hall Stables Moor Hall Road North Matching Essex CM17 0LP
Received 21 May 2019Ground Floor 199 High Road Loughton Essex IG10 4LF
Received 21 May 2019Ground Floor 199 High Road Loughton Essex IG10 4LF
Received 21 May 201924 Mornington Road Loughton Essex IG10 2AL
Received 21 May 20194 Quendon Drive Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1LG
Received 21 May 201917 Meadow Way Lower Sheering Essex CM21 9LL
Received 22 May 2019Central House High Street Ongar Essex CM5 9AA
Received 21 May 2019Trevelyan House Goldings Hill Loughton Essex IG10 2SW
Received 22 May 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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