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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.
10,981 approved · 3,600 refused · 681 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 York Hill Loughton IG10 1HU
Received 13 Jun 2019Stapleford Abbotts County Primary School Stapleford Road Stapleford Abbotts Essex RM4 1EJ
Received 13 Jun 2019Dragons Nursery Road Loughton Essex IG10 4DZ
Received 13 Jun 2019Wood House Copped Hall Estate Epping Essex CM16 5HT
Received 13 Jun 201910 Southernhay Loughton Essex IG10 4EN
Received 13 Jun 2019Bury Lodge Bury Road Waltham Abbey Essex E4 7QL
Received 13 Jun 2019Former Little Chef Restaurant Epping Road North Weald Epping Essex CM16 6RZ
Received 13 Jun 2019Forest House Manor Road, Lambourne End Romford RM4 1NH
Received 13 Jun 201940 Buckhurst Way Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6HJ
Received 13 Jun 2019Wood House Copped Hall Estate Epping Essex CM16 5HT
Received 13 Jun 201966 Spring Grove Loughton Essex IG10 4QE
Received 14 Jun 2019Quires Green Walls Green Willingale Ongar Essex CM5 0QP
Received 14 Jun 20191 Post Office Cottages The Street High Ongar Ongar Essex CM5 9NQ
Received 14 Jun 201919 Whitehall Close Chigwell Essex IG7 6EQ
Received 14 Jun 2019Land lying to the south of Bournebridge Lane Stapleford Abbotts Essex RM4 1LU
Received 14 Jun 201922 Albion Park Loughton IG10 4RB
Received 14 Jun 201912 Daleside Gardens Chigwell Essex IG7 6PR
Received 14 Jun 2019Elm Lodge 38 Church Lane Loughton Essex IG10 1PB
Received 14 Jun 201917 Warren Field Epping Essex CM16 7BA
Received 14 Jun 2019Richmond Farm House Parsloe Road Epping Upland Epping Essex CM16 6QB
Received 17 Jun 2019Croft Middle Street Nazeing Essex EN9 2LD
Received 17 Jun 2019Harry's Brunch Club Wellington Hill Loughton Essex IG10 4AH
Received 17 Jun 201914 Moreton Road Ongar Essex CM5 0AP
Received 17 Jun 201917 The Paddocks Stapleford Abbotts Essex RM4 1HG
Received 17 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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