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.
11,342 approved · 3,659 refused · 697 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
104 High Street Epping Essex CM16 4AF
Received 23 May 2019Drummers Maid 27 Woodbury Hill Loughton IG10 1JF
Received 27 Feb 2020Unit E (Landmark House) 32 Barrington Green Loughton IG10 2BA
Received 28 Feb 2020Land between 33 & 32A Downlands Waltham Abbey EN9 1UH
Received 28 Feb 2020Hazelbrook Eldon Road Roydon Harlow EN11 0BH
Received 2 Mar 2020Shaftesbury Farm Lindsey Street Epping CM16 6RE
Received 2 Mar 202022 Manor Road Chigwell IG7 5PD
Received 3 Mar 2020Grange Court 72 High Road Chigwell IG7 6PT
Received 26 Mar 2020Soundings Rats Lane Loughton IG10 4AQ
Received 26 Mar 202019 Walker Avenue Fyfield Ongar CM5 0RG
Received 26 Mar 202035 Fallow Fields Loughton IG10 4QP
Received 26 Mar 2020Apron 2 North Weald Airfield North Weald CM16 6HR
Received 4 Mar 2020Pedlars End House Pedlars End Moreton ONGAR CM5 0LW
Received 6 Mar 2020Grain Store 2 Hunters Hall Farm Chambers Manor Farm Lane Epping Upland CM16 6PL
Received 9 Mar 2020Grain Store 1 Hunters Hall Farm Chambers Manor Farm Lane Epping Upland CM16 6PL
Received 9 Mar 202044 Epping Road Stanford Rivers Ongar CM5 9SQ
Received 9 Mar 202045 Chequers Road Loughton IG10 3QE
Received 10 Mar 202042 Forest Drive Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7EZ
Received 11 Mar 20204 Creeds Cottages High Road Epping CM16 4DE
Received 18 Mar 2020Ellbrooke Barn Fyfield Road Ongar CM5 0HN
Received 16 Mar 202076 and 78 Back Lane Sheering Harlow CM22 7NG
Received 16 Mar 2020Rayside Oak Hill Road Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1EH
Received 16 Mar 2020Fallow Field Oak Hill Road Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1EH
Received 16 Mar 2020Little London Farm Gravel Lane Chigwell IG7 6DQ
Received 17 Mar 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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