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.
10,996 approved · 3,600 refused · 682 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Manor Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5PL
Received 1 Jul 2019Tymba 10 Fernside Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5TY
Received 1 Jul 2019Lakeside Nursery Paynes Lane Nazeing Essex EN9 2EU
Received 1 Jul 2019Lakeside Nursery Paynes Lane Nazeing Essex EN9 2EU
Received 1 Jul 2019Bugle Cottage School Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9PU
Received 1 Jul 201951 The Drive Loughton Essex IG10 1HG
Received 1 Jul 2019Flat 61 Greenhill Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5SQ
Received 2 Jul 20199 King Street High Ongar Ongar Essex CM5 9NS
Received 2 Jul 201942 Castle Street Ongar Essex CM5 9JS
Received 1 Jul 201916 Thaxted Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6AW
Received 1 Jul 2019Delafords Cottage Theydon Road Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 4EE
Received 1 Jul 2019Suite 25 Central House 265 High Street Ongar Essex CM5 9AA
Received 2 Jul 201976 Mannock Drive Loughton Essex IG10 2JD
Received 2 Jul 2019205A + 205B High Street (Access over 205 High Street) Epping Essex CM16 4BL
Received 2 Jul 2019Piggotts Farm Abridge Road Theydon Bois Epping Essex RM4 1TX
Received 2 Jul 2019Chigwell School High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6QF
Received 2 Jul 2019184-186 High Street Ongar Essex CM5 9JL
Received 2 Jul 20191-7 Theydon Meadows Formerly Theydon Mount Kennels Epping Lane Stapleford Tawney Essex RM4 1ST
Received 4 Dec 201814 Upper Park Loughton Essex IG10 4EW
Received 4 Dec 201832 View Close Chigwell Essex IG7 5JU
Received 5 Dec 20188 Bobbingworth Mill Bobbingworth Ongar Essex CM5 0NA
Received 5 Dec 201815 Upshire Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3NP
Received 5 Dec 201897 Southern Drive Loughton Essex IG10 3BY
Received 5 Dec 2018180 High Street Ongar Essex CM5 9JJ
Received 5 Dec 2018Records 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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