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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.
11,323 approved · 3,655 refused · 696 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ohana House Sawbridgeworth Road Sheering Harlow CM22 7DR
Received 28 Oct 2020108 Pyrles Lane Loughton IG10 2NW
Received 28 Oct 202070 Oak Lodge Avenue Chigwell IG7 5HZ
Received 28 Oct 2020101 Tycehurst Hill Loughton IG10 1BZ
Received 28 Oct 20207 Harrison Drive North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6JD
Received 28 Oct 202043 High Street Ongar CM5 9DT
Received 28 Oct 20207 Stonehall Grove Downhall Road Matching Green Harlow CM17 0RA
Received 28 Oct 20201 Vale Cottages High Ongar Road Ongar CM5 9LZ
Received 28 Oct 2020Civic Offices, Epping Forest District Council 323 High Street Epping CM16 4BZ
Received 22 Oct 2020Tylers Road Nursery Tylers Road Roydon Harlow CM19 5LG
Received 29 Oct 202023 Buckingham Road Epping CM16 5AF
Received 29 Oct 202013 Roding Lane Buckhurst Hill IG9 6BJ
Received 29 Oct 20206 Marks Avenue Ongar CM5 9AY
Received 29 Oct 202012 Tomswood Road Chigwell IG7 5QW
Received 29 Oct 20207 Spriggs Oak Palmers Hill Epping CM16 6SE
Received 29 Oct 2020Land and Garages adj 97 Queensway Ongar CM5 0PB
Received 29 Oct 2020Esperanza Nursery Stapleford Road Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1EJ
Received 29 Oct 202011 Tower Road Epping CM16 5EL
Received 30 Oct 2020Land and Garages Chequers Road Site B Loughton Essex IG10 3QF
Received 30 Oct 202015 and 15A Stradbroke Drive Chigwell IG7 5QU
Received 30 Oct 20201 Farm Way Buckhurst Hill IG9 5AH
Received 30 Oct 2020Tanglewood Lodge Hoe Lane Nazeing Essex EN9 2RJ
Received 2 Jul 2019White Lodge 61 Westbury Lane Buckhurst Hill IG9 5PH
Received 2 Jul 201927 Poplar Shaw Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3NJ
Received 3 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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