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.
10,979 approved · 3,600 refused · 681 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
North Weald Airfield Land For Hangar Hurricane Way North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6HR
Received 11 Jun 2019Roding House 5 Ongar Road Lambourne Essex RM4 1UB
Received 11 Jun 2019Brook House Barn Epping Lane Stapleford Tawney Essex RM4 1ST
Received 11 Jun 2019Woodlands Avenue Road Roydon Essex EN11 0BA
Received 11 Jun 2019Dragons Nursery Road Loughton Essex IG10 4DZ
Received 11 Jun 201947 Baldwins Hill Loughton IG10 1SF
Received 12 Jun 2019Strawberry Hall Greens Farm Lane Magdalen Laver Ongar Essex CM5 0EP
Received 12 Jun 2019Roding House 5 Ongar Road Lambourne Essex RM4 1UB
Received 11 Jun 201938E Chigwell Lane Oakwood Hill Industrial Estate Loughton Essex IG10 3NY
Received 12 Jun 201924 Barnaby Way Chigwell Essex IG7 6NZ
Received 12 Jun 2019Brookfields 54 Mill Lane High Ongar Ongar Essex CM5 9RN
Received 12 Jun 2019Chalet Du Pre Grange Lane Roydon Essex CM19 5HG
Received 12 Jun 2019Tawney Dell Stables Tawney Common Road Theydon Mount Epping Essex CM16 7PU
Received 12 Jun 2019RHS House Cutlers Forge 58A Tawney Lane Stapleford Tawney Essex RM4 1EE
Received 12 Jun 2019Green View Bury Road Waltham Abbey Essex E4 7QL
Received 12 Jun 2019Rosemarys Cafe Dobbs Weir Road Roydon Essex EN11 0AZ
Received 12 Jun 201926 Fairbank Close Ongar CM5 9HX
Received 12 Jun 2019Debden Hall Land Associated with former Debden Hall Estate Englands Lane Loughton Essex IG10 2NX
Received 12 Jun 2019Cedar Park High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5AL
Received 12 Jun 2019Suttons Farm Tawney Lane Stapleford Tawney Essex RM4 1EE
Received 12 Jun 2019Great Downs Farm London Road Lambourne Essex RM4 1XU
Received 12 Jun 201914 Sunnymede Chigwell Essex IG7 6ES
Received 13 Jun 20195 Institute Road Coopersale Epping Essex CM16 7QY
Received 13 Jun 201958 Mill Lane High Ongar Ongar Essex CM5 9RL
Received 13 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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