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.
11,303 approved · 3,653 refused · 696 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Highlands Farm Old Rectory Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9PR
Received 13 Oct 202041 Harwater Drive Loughton IG10 1LP
Received 13 Oct 2020Piggotts Farm Abridge Road Theydon Bois Epping RM4 1TX
Received 23 Oct 2020Lunds Farm House Wind Hill Magdalen Laver Ongar CM5 0EX
Received 23 Oct 2020Warren Hill Lodge Manor Road Loughton IG10 4RP
Received 23 Oct 2020179 Queens Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5AZ
Received 26 Oct 2020Mead View Harlow Road Roydon Harlow CM19 5HH
Received 26 Oct 202017 Nicholl Road Epping CM16 4HX
Received 26 Oct 202075 Temple Mead Roydon Harlow CM19 5ED
Received 26 Oct 202047 The Crescent Loughton IG10 4PU
Received 26 Oct 2020Holly End 29 Holly Close Buckhurst Hill IG9 6HT
Received 26 Oct 20204 Tomswood Road Chigwell IG7 5QW
Received 4 Nov 2020Bank Of England Printing Works Langston Road Loughton Essex IG10 3TN
Received 13 Nov 2020Luxborough Lane Bridge Luxborough Lane Chigwell IG7 5DF
Received 15 Oct 2020Wychways Tysea Hill Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1JP
Received 15 Oct 202049 Theydon Park Road Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7LR
Received 15 Oct 202020 St Peters Avenue Ongar CM5 0BT
Received 16 Oct 2020Woodside Farm Berwick Lane Stanford Rivers Ongar CM5 9PZ
Received 19 Oct 20201 Cherston Gardens Loughton IG10 3PN
Received 19 Oct 202024 Farm Way Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5AH
Received 19 Oct 20201 - 10 Station Bridge Mews Bobbingworth Ongar CM5 9LW
Received 19 Oct 202082 Longfields Ongar CM5 9DE
Received 19 Oct 202012 Pecks Hill Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2NY
Received 19 Oct 2020Pine Lodge 307 Vicarage Lane Chigwell IG7 6LS
Received 19 Oct 2020Records 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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