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.
10,972 approved · 3,600 refused · 681 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
127 Old Nazeing Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN10 6RF
Received 30 Sept 20209 Bracken Drive Chigwell IG7 5RG
Received 6 Oct 2020Tottenham Hotspur Training Ground Luxborough Lane Chigwell Essex
Received 7 Oct 202012 Chestnut Avenue Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6EW
Received 7 Oct 202010 Monkchester Close Loughton IG10 2SN
Received 7 Oct 2020Garage Site at Ladyfields, Loughton, IG10 3RP
Received 6 Jun 2019Maybanks Farm 7-9 Epping Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9SQ
Received 10 Jun 2019188 Queens Road North Weald Epping Essex CM16 6JQ
Received 10 Jun 2019Tree Tops Upland Road Epping Upland Epping Essex CM16 6NN
Received 10 Jun 20198 Russell Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5QJ
Received 31 May 2019Green Dragon 21 Market Square Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1DU
Received 7 Jun 2019164 Buckhurst Way Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6HZ
Received 10 Jun 2019Eastside Nursery Nursery Road Nazeing Essex EN9 2JQ
Received 10 Jun 2019113 Church Hill, Loughton, Essex IG10 1QR
Received 11 Jun 2019Tanglewood Lodge Hoe Lane Nazeing Essex EN9 2RJ
Received 10 Jun 2019Greengates Drapers Corner Ongar Essex CM5 9LS
Received 10 Jun 2019Curragheen 173 High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6PS
Received 10 Jun 2019Land Adjacent to Tilegate Farm Tilegate Road High Laver Ongar Essex CM5 9HX
Received 10 Jun 2019Bury Lodge Bury Road Waltham Abbey Essex E4 7QL
Received 11 Jun 2019Fickle Field Norton Lane High Ongar Ongar Essex CM4 0LN
Received 11 Jun 2019116 Lambourne Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6EZ
Received 11 Jun 20195 Kendal Avenue Epping Essex CM16 4PN
Received 11 Jun 201922 Beaufort Close North Weald Epping Essex CM16 6JZ
Received 11 Jun 2019118a High Street Epping Essex CM16 4AF
Received 11 Jun 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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