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.
12,626 approved · 3,878 refused · 789 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Civic Offices, Epping Forest District Council 323 High Street Epping CM16 4BZ
Received 16 Nov 20209 River Way Loughton IG10 3LJ
Received 17 Nov 2020Land Opposite Hanger 7, North Weald Airfield Hurricane Way North Weald Epping CM16 6HR
Received 17 Nov 20205 Parkland Close Chigwell
Received 17 Nov 20202 Daylop Drive Chigwell IG7 4QF
Received 17 Nov 202019 Coopers Close Chigwell IG7 6EX
Received 17 Nov 2020Drummers Maid 27 Woodbury Hill Loughton IG10 1JF
Received 17 Nov 202036 Greenleas Waltham Abbey EN9 1SZ
Received 17 Nov 2020Pine Tree Nursery Avey Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3QH
Received 17 Nov 20209 Woodland Road Loughton IG10 1HQ
Received 17 Nov 202051 Tycehurst Hill Loughton IG10 1BZ
Received 17 Nov 202014 Thaxted Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 6AW
Received 17 Nov 2020Civic Offices, Epping Forest District Council 323 High Street Epping CM16 4BZ
Received 17 Nov 2020Civic Offices, Epping Forest District Council 323 High Street Epping CM16 4BZ
Received 17 Nov 2020Kings Grange Quendon Drive Waltham Abbey EN9 1LG
Received 18 Nov 2020Pine Tree Nursery Avey Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3QH
Received 17 Nov 20201A Heath Drive Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7HL
Received 18 Nov 202042 Purlieu Way Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7EH
Received 18 Nov 2020161 Grosvenor Drive Loughton IG10 2LB
Received 18 Nov 2020Havenslea Nazeing Common Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2SD
Received 18 Nov 202015 Woodside Buckhurst Hill IG9 5DR
Received 18 Nov 20205 Longfields Ongar CM5 9BZ
Received 18 Nov 2020Church Farm House Hastingwood Road Hastingwood Harlow CM17 9JT
Received 18 Nov 2020Brick Cottage Church Lane Matching Tye Harlow CM17 0QX
Received 18 Nov 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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