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.
11,040 approved · 3,612 refused · 685 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church Hill Service Station 117 Church Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1QR
Received 21 Dec 2018North Farm Mount Road Theydon Mount Epping Essex CM16 7QA
Received 21 Dec 20184 Springfield Close Ongar Essex CM5 0BB
Received 21 Dec 2018Belcarres Chapel Lane Chigwell Essex IG7 6JJ
Received 21 Dec 20183 Brook Road Loughton Essex IG10 1BW
Received 21 Dec 201855 Chigwell Park Drive Chigwell Essex IG7 5AZ
Received 21 Dec 201850 Southern Drive Loughton Essex IG10 3BU
Received 24 Dec 201814 Broadstrood Loughton Essex IG10 2SB
Received 24 Dec 201831 Parkfields Roydon Essex CM19 5JA
Received 24 Dec 2018Mill House Betts Lane Nazeing Essex EN9 2DB
Received 24 Dec 2018Land to rear of Willowbank Farm School Lane Magdalen Laver Essex CM5 0EE
Received 24 Dec 201826 Stonards Hill Loughton Essex IG10 3EG
Received 24 Dec 2018Garages to the rear of nos 13-43 Charles Street Epping Essex CM16 7AU
Received 24 Dec 2018Picks Farm Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey Essex E4 7RA
Received 25 Dec 20181 Heron Close Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5TP
Received 25 Dec 2018153 Manor Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5QA
Received 25 Dec 201813 Brook Way Chigwell Essex IG7 6AA
Received 27 Dec 20181 Maple Gate Loughton Essex IG10 1PS
Received 28 Dec 201833 Broomstick Hall Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1LN
Received 31 Dec 201879 Smarts Lane Loughton Essex IG10 4BU
Received 1 Jan 2019164 Nine Ashes Road High Ongar Ongar Essex CM4 0JY
Received 2 Jan 201916 Harvey Gardens Loughton Essex IG10 2AD
Received 2 Jan 2019Abridge Village Hall 39 Ongar Road Abridge Lambourne Essex RM4 1UU
Received 2 Jan 2019North Farm Mount Road Theydon Mount Epping Essex CM16 7QA
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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