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.
11,034 approved · 3,612 refused · 684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Farm Hill Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1NG
Received 19 Dec 2018Utopia Pecks Hill Nazeing Essex EN9 2NX
Received 19 Dec 20185 New Forest Lane Chigwell Essex IG7 5QN
Received 19 Dec 201847 High Street Ongar Essex CM5 9DT
Received 19 Dec 2018Rectory Stables Fyfield Road Ongar Essex CM5 0HQ
Received 19 Dec 201817 and 19 Lower Park Road Loughton Essex IG10 4NB
Received 19 Dec 201869 Temple Mead Roydon Essex CM19 5ED
Received 19 Dec 2018Ashdale 2A Woodland Way Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7DZ
Received 19 Dec 2018The Fox Thatch The Street Sheering Essex CM22 7LN
Received 19 Dec 2018Abbey House 151 Brooker Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1JH
Received 20 Dec 20187 Pick Hill Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3LB
Received 20 Dec 201850 Southern Drive Loughton Essex IG10 3BU
Received 20 Dec 20187 Pick Hill Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3LB
Received 20 Dec 2018Pine Lodge Riding Centre Lippitts Hill Loughton Essex IG10 4AL
Received 20 Dec 201838 Highland Road Nazeing Essex EN9 2PT
Received 20 Dec 2018Marydel Copt Hall Green Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3TB
Received 20 Dec 2018Cedar Park High Road Chigwell IG7 5AL
Received 20 Dec 201851 Princesfield Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3PJ
Received 21 Dec 2018Clasper House Hemnell Street Epping Essex CM16 4MR
Received 21 Dec 2018Deepdale Loughton Lane Theydon Bois Essex CM16 7JZ
Received 21 Dec 2018136 Loughton Way Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6AR
Received 21 Dec 20188 Shelley Grove Loughton Essex IG10 1BY
Received 21 Dec 2018Rest Harrow Millers Lane Chigwell Essex IG7 6DG
Received 21 Dec 2018Norton Field Farm Norton Lane High Ongar Ongar Essex CM4 0LN
Received 21 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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