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.
11,305 approved · 3,653 refused · 696 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Dacre Gardens Chigwell IG7 5HH
Received 19 Oct 20205 Centre Avenue Epping CM16 4JU
Received 19 Oct 202032 Hurst Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 6AB
Received 20 Oct 202032 Station Road Loughton IG10 4NX
Received 20 Oct 202026 Highfield Green Epping CM16 5HD
Received 20 Oct 202014 Park Hill Loughton IG10 4ES
Received 20 Oct 202040 Princes Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5EE
Received 20 Oct 2020Land and Garages. Woollard Street Waltham Abbey EN9 1HE
Received 20 Oct 20208 Millbrook 164 Manor Road Chigwell IG7 5PT
Received 21 Oct 202055 Fallow Fields Loughton IG10 4QP
Received 21 Oct 202035 Hazelwood Loughton IG10 4ET
Received 21 Oct 202043 Upper Park Loughton IG10 4EQ
Received 21 Oct 202049 Theydon Park Road Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7LR
Received 21 Oct 202036A Piercing Hill Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7JW
Received 21 Oct 2020Uplands 8 Woodman Lane Waltham Abbey E4 7QR
Received 21 Oct 202013 George Avey Croft North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6JB
Received 21 Oct 2020Land opposite Hangar 7 North Weald Airfield Hurricane Way North Weald Epping Essex CM16 6HR
Received 21 Oct 20206 Crown Close Brook Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5FE
Received 21 Oct 2020Eppingdene Ivy Chimneys Epping CM16 4EL
Received 21 Oct 202048 Spring Grove Loughton IG10 4QD
Received 22 Oct 2020Foxton Cottage Church Lane Matching Tye Harlow CM17 0QS
Received 22 Oct 2020Former CWS Nurseries Land (North Of Birchwood Ind Estate) Hoe Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2RJ
Received 22 Oct 202016 Leaview Waltham Abbey EN9 1BJ
Received 22 Oct 202020 Baldocks Road Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7EB
Received 22 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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