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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.
12,676 approved · 3,888 refused · 791 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 Tower Road Epping CM16 5EN
Received 15 Apr 202019 Albion Hill Loughton IG10 4RA
Received 15 Apr 202010 Lechmere Avenue Chigwell IG7 5ET
Received 16 Apr 2020Poplars Farm (East Site) Hamlett Hill Roydon CM19 5JY
Received 16 Apr 20203 Chambers Manor Cottages Epping Road Epping Upland Epping CM16 6PJ
Received 16 Apr 2020Poplar Farm (West Site) Hamlett Hill Roydon CM19 5JY
Received 16 Apr 2020Carswell Carswell, Rye Hill Harlow CM18 7JG
Received 16 Apr 202090 Manor Road Chigwell IG7 5PQ
Received 16 Apr 2020Highfield Lodge Middle Street Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2LW
Received 16 Apr 2020Land adjacent to Highfield Lodge Middle Street Nazeing EN9 2LW
Received 16 Apr 2020The Grange 75 High Road Chigwell IG7 6DL
Received 15 Apr 20208 Stradbroke Park Tomswood Road Chigwell IG7 5QL
Received 17 Apr 2020River Palace Cafe Dobbs Weir Road Roydon Harlow EN11 0AZ
Received 17 Apr 20203 Battle Court Ongar CM5 9SX
Received 17 Apr 202057 Ivy Chimneys Epping CM16 4EP
Received 17 Apr 202086 Newmans Lane Loughton IG10 1TN
Received 17 Apr 20204 Glebelands Chigwell IG7 4QG
Received 17 Apr 2020Gilden Way and Sheering Road Public Highways and Land Between Sheering Road and M11 Motorway
Received 16 Apr 202088-90 Forest Road Loughton IG10 1EQ
Received 23 Apr 2020Vailima The Street Sheering Essex CM22 7LR
Received 24 Jan 2019The Coach House Willingale Road Fyfield Ongar Essex CM5 0PY
Received 18 Dec 2018Land at Barncroft Road Loughton Essex IG10 3EY
Received 25 Jan 2019Rolls House Rolls Park High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6DJ
Received 28 Jan 2019Land adjacent to Tanfields Old House Lane Roydon Essex CM19 5DN
Received 28 Jan 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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