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.
12,715 approved · 3,895 refused · 794 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Theydon Priory Coopersale Lane Theydon Garnon Epping Essex CM16 7NU
Received 6 Feb 201962 The Crescent Loughton Essex IG10 4PU
Received 7 Feb 2019175 Willingale Road Loughton Essex IG10 2DE
Received 7 Feb 2019The Barn and Dairy Little Forest Hall High Ongar Essex CM5 9RS
Received 7 Feb 2019Bugle Cottage School Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9PU
Received 7 Feb 2019Netherhouse Farm Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey Essex E4 7RJ
Received 7 Feb 2019171 High Road North Weald Epping Essex CM16 6EB
Received 7 Feb 201992 Alderton Hall Lane Loughton Essex IG10 3HD
Received 7 Feb 2019Coolgardie Tysea Hill Stapleford Abbotts Essex RM4 1JP
Received 7 Feb 20193 Walter Mead Close Ongar Essex CM5 0BW
Received 7 Feb 2019Cowick Cottage Sawbridgeworth Road Sheering Essex CM21 9HX
Received 7 Feb 201912 Windsor Wood Monkswood Avenue Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1LY
Received 8 Feb 201911 Windsor Wood Monkswood Avenue Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1LY
Received 8 Feb 2019160 Manor Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5PX
Received 8 Feb 2019Three Acre Farm Birds Green Willingale Ongar Essex CM5 0PR
Received 8 Feb 2019Chalet Kennels New Farm Drive Lambourne Essex RM4 1BU
Received 8 Feb 20193 Cumley Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9SJ
Received 8 Feb 20193 Cumley Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9SJ
Received 8 Feb 201918 Fairlands Avenue Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5TF
Received 8 Feb 2019Little End Hoe Lane Nazeing Essex EN9 2RJ
Received 11 Feb 2019Little End Hoe Lane Nazeing Essex EN9 2RJ
Received 11 Feb 2019Blakes Golf Club and Restaurant Epping Road North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6RZ
Received 11 Feb 2019120 Roding Road Loughton Essex IG10 3EJ
Received 11 Feb 201915 Forest Lane Chigwell Essex IG7 5AF
Received 11 Feb 2019Records 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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