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.
10,543 approved · 3,537 refused · 646 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Chestnut Close Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6EL
Received 22 May 201949 Blenheim Square (Former Parade Ground) Merlin Way North Weald Epping Essex CM16 6HT
Received 22 May 201947 Traps Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1TB
Received 22 May 201951 Smarts Lane Loughton Essex IG10 4BU
Received 22 May 201936 Walnut Way Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6HX
Received 23 May 2019Ladylands Chelmsford Road High Ongar Ongar Essex CM4 0LP
Received 17 May 2019Woodgreen Farm Honey Pot Lane Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3SG
Received 23 May 2019Leverton County GM Junior and Infant School Honey Lane Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3BE
Received 23 May 2019104 High Street Epping Essex CM16 4AF
Received 23 May 2019Bungalow at New Barns Farm Roding Lane Chigwell Essex IG76BJ
Received 24 May 201946 Stradbroke Drive Chigwell Essex IG7 5QZ
Received 23 May 20194 Alderton Hall Lane Loughton Essex IG10 3HN
Received 23 May 201941 Ely Place Chigwell Essex IG8 8AG
Received 23 May 2019Buckhurst Hill Baptist Church Palmerston Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5LW
Received 23 May 201922 Millsmead Way Loughton Essex IG10 1LR
Received 23 May 2019West Lodge Coppice Row Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7DR
Received 23 May 2019Widows Farm Toot Hill Road Ongar Essex CM5 9QR
Received 23 May 2019Tilegate Farm Tilegate Road High Laver Ongar Essex CM5 0EA
Received 23 May 2019Harry Green Restaurant Wellington Hill Loughton Essex IG10 4AH
Received 23 May 2019104 High Street Epping Essex CM16 4AF
Received 24 May 2019Evergreen Cottage Church Lane Matching Tye Essex CM17 0QX
Received 24 May 20194 Epping Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9SQ
Received 24 May 201930 Albion Park Loughton Essex IG10 4RB
Received 24 May 20199 Faversham Close Chigwell Essex IG7 6HB
Received 24 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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