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.
11,348 approved · 3,660 refused · 698 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hangar 9 North Weald Airfield Merlin Way North Weald Essex CM16 6HR
Received 21 Jan 20191 and 2 Forge Cottages The Street Willingale Ongar Essex CM5 0SN
Received 15 Feb 2019Presdale Farm Nurseries Hoe Lane Nazeing Essex EN9 2RJ
Received 15 Feb 2019Ability House 121 Brooker Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1JH
Received 15 Feb 201952 Spareleaze Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1BT
Received 15 Feb 20193 Mountbatten Court Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6DH
Received 15 Feb 20191 Lower Bury Walk 1 Lower Bury Lane Epping Essex CM16 5HA
Received 15 Feb 201916 Townmead Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1RP
Received 15 Feb 2019132 Church Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1LH
Received 18 Feb 201914B Amesbury Close Foremerly Garage Block between 14 and 16 Amesbury Close Epping Essex CM16 4JA
Received 18 Feb 201919 Albion Hill Loughton Essex IG10 4RA
Received 18 Feb 2019102 Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5AB
Received 18 Feb 2019School Knotts Middle Street Nazeing Essex EN9 2LQ
Received 25 Feb 2019Stanford Rivers Hall School Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9QS
Received 25 Feb 201999 Longfields Ongar Essex CM5 9DE
Received 25 Feb 201931 Whitehills Road Loughton Essex IG10 1TS
Received 9 Jan 20198 Hull Green Matching Green Essex CM17 0QD
Received 9 Jan 2019185 High Street Ongar Essex CM5 9AA
Received 9 Jan 2019185 High Street Ongar Essex CM5 9AA
Received 9 Jan 2019119 High Road Loughton Essex IG10 4LT
Received 9 Jan 201919 Sedley Rise Loughton Essex IG10 1LS
Received 9 Jan 2019Garages at Lower Alderton Hall Lane Loughton Essex
Received 10 Jan 2019Bluebells Barn Pensons Lane Bobbingworth Ongar Essex CM5 9LP
Received 10 Jan 2019Garages at Lower Alderton Hall Lane Loughton Essex
Received 10 Jan 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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