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.
12,650 approved · 3,882 refused · 789 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent to George House Carters Yard Ongar CM5 9JG
Received 27 Mar 2020Bridge View Weald Bridge Road North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6AT
Received 27 Mar 202086 Manor Road Chigwell IG7 5PQ
Received 27 Mar 20201 Marconi Bungalows High Road North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6EQ
Received 27 Mar 20205 Primley Lane Sheering Harlow CM22 7NH
Received 27 Mar 2020Bury Lodge Bury Road Waltham Abbey E4 7QL
Received 27 Mar 202051 Broadstrood Loughton IG10 2SB
Received 30 Mar 202033 Princes Close North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6EW
Received 30 Mar 2020George House High Street Ongar CM5 9JG
Received 30 Mar 202014 Ely Place Chigwell IG8 8AG
Received 30 Mar 20206 Stonehall Grove Downhall Road Matching Green Harlow CM17 0RA
Received 9 Apr 202021 Forest Drive Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7HA
Received 9 Apr 2020Longfield House Epping Road Roydon Harlow CM19 5DW
Received 10 Apr 2020196 Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill IG9 5AE
Received 10 Apr 2020Daubneys Farm, The Street, Sheering, Harlow CM22 7LU
Received 13 Apr 2020Millers Farm House Grove Lane Chigwell IG7 6JQ
Received 13 Apr 202020 Maypole Drive Chigwell IG7 6DE
Received 30 Mar 2020126 Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill IG9 5AD
Received 30 Mar 2020Mill Lodge Queen Street Fyfield Ongar CM5 0RZ
Received 30 Mar 2020Holyfield Farm Holyfield Farm yard Crooked Mile Road Waltham Abbey EN9 2ED
Received 30 Mar 202052 Forest Road Loughton IG10 1EQ
Received 30 Mar 2020Fickle Field Norton Lane High Ongar Ongar CM4 0LN
Received 31 Mar 2020Fomerly Homebase 140 Church Hill Loughton Essex
Received 31 Mar 2020King Harold Court Sun Street Waltham Abbey EN9 1ER
Received 31 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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