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.
12,662 approved · 3,888 refused · 790 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Nine Ashes Farm Cottages Rookery Road High Ongar Ingatestone CM4 0LD
Received 3 Apr 2020Leabank Nursery Sedge Green Roydon Harlow CM19 5JR
Received 3 Apr 20207 Brook Way Chigwell IG7 6AA
Received 3 Apr 202027 Onslow Gardens Ongar CM5 9BG
Received 3 Apr 2020Highlands Farm Old Rectory Road Stanford Rivers Ongar CM5 9PR
Received 3 Apr 2020The Longhouse Ongar Road Fyfield Ongar CM5 0RB
Received 3 Apr 2020Dawkin Cottage 123 High Road Chigwell IG7 6QQ
Received 6 Apr 2020Honey Cottage (formerly Bee Croft Annexe) Newmans End Matching Tye Harlow Essex CM17 0QU
Received 6 Apr 2020Dawkin Cottage 123 High Road Chigwell IG7 6QQ
Received 6 Apr 202020 Dukes Avenue Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7HE
Received 6 Apr 202042 Southern Drive Loughton IG10 3BU
Received 6 Apr 202035 Pancroft Lambourne Romford RM4 1BX
Received 6 Apr 2020Former St Elizabeths Church Junction With Chestnut Avenue Hornbeam Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 6EP
Received 6 Apr 202074-76 High Street Epping CM16 4AE
Received 6 Apr 2020Chime Garden Centre, The Chimes Nursery Old Nazeing Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN10 6RJ
Received 6 Apr 202067 London Road Stanford Rivers Ongar CM5 9PN
Received 6 Apr 20204 Barton Close Chigwell Essex IG7 6LJ
Received 7 Apr 2020Lindsey House 15 Lindsey Street Epping CM16 6RB
Received 7 Apr 202020 Coopersale Street Epping CM16 7QJ
Received 7 Apr 202089 Forest Road Loughton IG10 1EF
Received 7 Apr 2020191 High Road Loughton IG10 4LN
Received 8 Apr 2020Freshwood House 1 Hull Green Matching Green Harlow CM17 0QD
Received 8 Apr 2020104 High Street Epping CM16 4AF
Received 8 Apr 202050 Blackacre Road Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7LU
Received 8 Apr 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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