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.
12,524 approved · 3,866 refused · 780 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
242 The Broadway (Formerly Land adjacent 240 The Broadway) Loughton Essex IG10 3TF
Received 21 May 2018Hay Tor St Leonards Road Nazeing Essex EN9 2HQ
Received 21 May 2018The Birches Loughton Lane Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7JZ
Received 21 May 20186 Rose Cottages Mill Street Hastingwood Essex CM17 9JQ
Received 21 May 20186 The Stables Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5RQ
Received 21 May 201822 Spring Grove Loughton Essex IG10 4QD
Received 21 May 201840 Bridge Hill Epping Essex CM16 4ER
Received 21 May 201815 Cleland Path Loughton Essex IG10 2JZ
Received 21 May 2018Anngate Stapleford Road Stapleford Abbotts Essex RM4 1EJ
Received 21 May 20181 Beamish Close North Weald Epping Essex CM16 6JN
Received 21 May 201840 Bridge Hill Epping Essex CM16 4ER
Received 21 May 201846 Church Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1LA
Received 21 May 201840 Upland Road Thornwood Essex CM16 6NL
Received 22 May 20181 and 2 Bundish Hall Cottages Ongar Road Fyfield Ongar Essex CM5 0HP
Received 22 May 2018Laurels Kents Lane Magdalen Laver Ongar Essex CM16 6AX
Received 22 May 201818 Harewood Hill Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7EA
Received 22 May 2018Millers Farm Manor Road Lambourne Essex RM4 1NB
Received 22 May 2018King Harolds Head Nazeing Common Nazeing Essex EN9 2RY
Received 22 May 20185 Tomswood Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5QP
Received 22 May 201823 Amberley Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5QW
Received 23 May 201834 Scotland Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5NR
Received 23 May 2018Sixteen String Jack Coppice Row Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7DS
Received 23 May 2018Sixteen String Jack Coppice Row Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7DS
Received 23 May 2018Sixteen String Jack Coppice Row Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7DS
Received 23 May 2018Records 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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