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.
12,638 approved · 3,881 refused · 789 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Albion Hill Loughton IG10 4RA
Received 20 Nov 202029 Forest Avenue Chigwell IG7 5BP
Received 20 Nov 2020Carswell Rye Hill Road Epping Upland Epping CM18 7JG
Received 23 Nov 20201 A Westmede Chigwell IG7 5LR
Received 23 Nov 202034 Manor Road Chigwell IG7 5PE
Received 23 Nov 2020Moor Hall Stables Moor Hall Road North Matching Harlow CM17 0LP
Received 23 Nov 202017 Monkswood Avenue Waltham Abbey EN9 1LA
Received 23 Nov 2020Aver House Nursery Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey
Received 23 Nov 2020Land North of Heathlands Willingale Road Ongar High Ongar CM5 0QH
Received 30 Nov 20205 Harvest Lane Loughton IG10 4PN
Received 30 Nov 202042 Forest Drive Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7EZ
Received 30 Nov 2020209 D High Road Loughton IG10 1BB
Received 30 Nov 202023 Lower Swaines Epping CM16 5ER
Received 30 Nov 2020Priory Farm Norwood End Fyfield Ongar CM5 0RJ
Received 30 Nov 202043 Woodland Road Loughton IG10 1HQ
Received 30 Nov 2020167 High Road Loughton IG10 4LF
Received 1 Dec 2020156 High Street Epping CM16 4AQ
Received 8 Dec 20202 Danbury Road Loughton IG10 3AP
Received 25 Mar 2020Carswell Carswell, Rye Hill, Harlow, CM18 7JG Harlow CM18 7JG
Received 25 Mar 202040 Allnutts Road Epping CM16 7BE
Received 25 Mar 202080 Upshire Road Waltham Abbey EN9 3PA
Received 25 Mar 2020Land Adjacent to George House Carters Yard Ongar CM5 9JG
Received 26 Mar 2020Grange Court 72 High Road Chigwell IG7 6PT
Received 26 Mar 202032 Queens Road Loughton IG10 1RS
Received 26 Mar 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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