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.
10,583 approved · 3,542 refused · 649 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Townmead Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1RP
Received 29 May 201922 Barnfield Epping Essex CM16 6RL
Received 29 May 2019140 Forest Road Loughton Essex IG10 1EG
Received 30 May 201914 Hornbeam Close Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7JT
Received 29 May 2019The Brewhouse Church Lane Ongar Essex CM5 9LD
Received 29 May 201914 Upper Park Loughton Essex IG10 4EW
Received 29 May 2019The Woodman Public House London Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9QF
Received 29 May 201953 The Square Loughton Essex IG10 3FE
Received 29 May 20194A Kendal Avenue Epping Essex CM16 4PN
Received 29 May 201927 Shooters Drive Nazeing Essex EN9 2QA
Received 29 May 2019White Bear House & The Mews London Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9QF
Received 29 May 2019Land and garages to the rear of 30-34A Hornbeam Road (adj to Hornbeam House) Hornbeam Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6JT
Received 29 May 2019Land and garages to rear of 2-12 Hornbeam Road (Hornbeam Close Site B) Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6JS
Received 29 May 2019Land and garages rear of 54-60 Hornbeam Road (Bourne House, Buckhurst Hill) Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6JY
Received 29 May 2019Elmbec The Green Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7JA
Received 29 May 201981 + 83 Grange Crescent Chigwell Essex IG7 5JD
Received 29 May 201953 Southview Road Loughton Essex IG10 3LQ
Received 30 May 20197 Church Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1QP
Received 30 May 2019Hunters Moon Wellington Hill Loughton Essex IG10 4AH
Received 30 May 2019Hainualt Hall 173 Lambourne Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6JU
Received 16 May 2019The Green View Bury Road Waltham Abbey Essex E4 7QL
Received 30 May 20198 Paradise Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1RL
Received 30 May 20191 Knights Walk Lambourne Essex RM4 1DR
Received 30 May 2019Two Swans Farm Hurdle Lane Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding Ongar Essex CM5 0PL
Received 30 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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