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.
10,968 approved · 3,598 refused · 680 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Buttercross Lane Epping CM16 5AA
Received 11 Feb 2020Land to the rear of 76 Weald Bridge Road North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6ES
Received 11 Feb 20201 Ripley View Loughton Essex IG10 2PB
Received 12 Feb 2020High Silver House 37 Upper Park Loughton IG10 4EQ
Received 12 Feb 2020Gunpowder Mills Powdermill Lane Waltham Abbey Essex
Received 12 Feb 202017 Woodland Way Ongar CM5 9EP
Received 12 Feb 202032 Middle Boy Lambourne Romford RM4 1DT
Received 12 Feb 202026 Woodgreen Road Waltham Abbey EN9 3SD
Received 12 Feb 202014 Oakwood Hill Loughton IG10 3EW
Received 12 Feb 20204 Glebelands Chigwell IG7 4QG
Received 12 Feb 2020Revival Court 12 Half Moon Lane Epping CM16 4AH
Received 12 Feb 202032 Middle Boy Lambourne Romford RM4 1DT
Received 12 Feb 202044 Millbank Avenue Ongar CM5 9HL
Received 12 Feb 2020Ashlyns Farm Epping Road North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6RZ
Received 13 Feb 20204 Banes Down Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2NU
Received 13 Feb 2020121 Honey Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3AX
Received 13 Feb 202030 The Crescent Loughton IG10 4PY
Received 13 Feb 2020332 Willingale Road Loughton IG10 2BW
Received 13 Feb 202010 Woodbrook Gardens Waltham Abbey EN9 3DA
Received 13 Feb 20202 Lucton Mews Loughton IG10 3PE
Received 13 Feb 2020Lambwood Heights Care Home 244 Lambourne Road Chigwell IG7 6HX
Received 13 Feb 202059 Highland Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2PU
Received 13 Feb 20209 Hartland Road Epping CM16 4PH
Received 13 Feb 2020Holme Glen Farm End Waltham Abbey E4 7QS
Received 13 Feb 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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