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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.
12,652 approved · 3,883 refused · 789 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rylston Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey
Received 31 Mar 20207 Cranleigh Gardens Loughton IG10 3DD
Received 31 Mar 20207 Harrison Drive North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6JD
Received 31 Mar 2020Chez Tyes Tysea Hill Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1JP
Received 31 Mar 202014 Oak Piece North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6JJ
Received 31 Mar 20204 Westfield Loughton IG10 4EB
Received 31 Mar 20202 Silver Street Waltham Abbey EN9 1RJ
Received 31 Mar 2020King Harold Court Sun Street Waltham Abbey EN9 1ER
Received 31 Mar 202038 Roebuck Lane Buckhurst Hill IG9 5QX
Received 1 Apr 2020Eaton Park Cars Bumbles Green Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2SH
Received 1 Apr 202045 Park View Chigwell IG7 5EF
Received 1 Apr 2020Dews Hall Farm, The Stable New Road Lambourne Romford RM4 1AJ
Received 1 Apr 202023 Scotland Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5NP
Received 1 Apr 202041 Sandford Avenue Loughton IG10 2AJ
Received 1 Apr 2020The Fox Public House Matching Green High Laver Ongar Essex CM17 0PT
Received 2 Apr 202093 Sunnyside Road Epping CM16 4JN
Received 2 Apr 20201-10 Highfield Close Formerly Foster Street Farm Foster Street Hastingwood Harlow CM17 9HS
Received 2 Apr 2020Farm Cottage Ashlyns Lane Ongar CM5 0ND
Received 2 Apr 2020The Rookery Pynest Green Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3QL
Received 2 Apr 202038 Bracken Drive Chigwell IG7 5RF
Received 2 Apr 202068 Englands Lane Loughton IG10 2QQ
Received 2 Apr 2020Land at 33 Piercing Hill Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7JW
Received 2 Apr 2020Roebuck Heights North End Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RF
Received 2 Apr 2020116 Lambourne Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6EF
Received 3 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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