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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.
12,628 approved · 3,878 refused · 789 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oak Tree Farm Paynes Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2EY
Received 18 Nov 20205 Longfields Ongar CM5 9BZ
Received 18 Nov 20203 Brookfields Ongar CM5 0AS
Received 18 Nov 202041 Princes Close North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6EW
Received 18 Nov 202099 Princes Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5DX
Received 18 Nov 2020El Camino Oak Hill Road Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1EH
Received 18 Nov 2020Sunnycroft Loughton Lane Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7JY
Received 18 Nov 202068 Roding View Buckhurst Hill IG9 6AQ
Received 19 Nov 202042 Purlieu Way Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7EH
Received 19 Nov 2020128 Buckhurst Way Buckhurst Hill IG9 6HP
Received 19 Nov 2020Chapelfield, Sewardstone Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey E4 7RE
Received 19 Nov 2020The Thatched Cottage The Street Sheering Harlow CM22 7LT
Received 19 Nov 202070 Beaconfield Road Epping CM16 5AT
Received 19 Nov 2020109 Woodland Way Ongar CM5 9ET
Received 19 Nov 2020Little Meadows Weald Hall Lane North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6ND
Received 16 Nov 202043 High Beech Road Loughton IG10 4BN
Received 18 Nov 2020Woodbury House Woodbury Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1JB
Received 18 Nov 20201-3 Coopersale Common Epping Essex CM16 7QX
Received 20 Nov 2020The Bungalow 43 London Road Stamford Rivers Little End CM5 9PJ
Received 20 Nov 202097 High Road Loughton IG10 4JD
Received 20 Nov 2020Taylors, Unit 3 Gravel Lane Chigwell IG7 6DQ
Received 20 Nov 20205 Longfield Loughton IG10 4EE
Received 20 Nov 2020Fairlawn Epping Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2DH
Received 20 Nov 2020Chigwell School High Road Chigwell IG7 6QF
Received 20 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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