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.
11,332 approved · 3,655 refused · 696 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Maybanks Farm 7-9 Epping Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9SQ
Received 3 Jul 2019Maybanks Farm 7-9 Epping Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9SQ
Received 3 Jul 201986 Dukes Avenue Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7HF
Received 3 Jul 201998 Pyrles Lane Loughton Essex IG10 2NW
Received 3 Jul 2019117 York Hill Loughton IG10 1RX
Received 3 Jul 2019Wycheways Tysea Hill Stapleford Abbotts Essex RM4 1JP
Received 4 Jul 201916 Eleven Acre Rise Loughton Essex IG10 1AN
Received 4 Jul 2019Land within Lord Padgets Wood Close to A121 Tile Hill Farm Pynest Green Lane Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3QN
Received 4 Jul 201993 Bell Common Epping Essex CM16 4DZ
Received 4 Jul 201932 Queens Road Loughton Essex IG10 1RS
Received 4 Jul 2019Sunnyside Pt Os 956 Kents Lane Magdalen Laver Ongar Essex CM16 6AX
Received 4 Jul 201932 Queens Road Loughton Essex IG10 1RS
Received 4 Jul 2019Bundish Hall Ongar Road Fyfield Ongar Essex CM5 0HP
Received 5 Jul 2019Bell Cottage Church Road Moreton Ongar Essex CM5 0JD
Received 5 Jul 201971 Roundmead Avenue Loughton Essex IG10 1PZ
Received 5 Jul 2019168 Upshire Road Waltham Abbey EN9 3PS
Received 5 Jul 2019Abridge Golf And Country Club Epping Lane Stapleford Tawney Essex RM4 1ST
Received 5 Jul 201955 The Plashets Sheering Essex CM22 7NN
Received 5 Jul 2019106 Buckhurst Way Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6HP
Received 5 Jul 2019Land adjacent to St Aubyns Daws Hill Waltham Abbey Essex E4 7RD
Received 5 Jul 2019Leaside Industrial Park (Former Sedge Gate Nursery) Sedge Green Nazeing Essex EN9 2PA
Received 5 Jul 2019Lowershot Nursery Sedge Green Roydon Essex CM19 5JS
Received 5 Jul 2019184 High Street Epping Essex CM16 4AQ
Received 5 Jul 20196 Eastbrook Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3AL
Received 5 Jul 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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