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.
12,752 approved · 3,902 refused · 796 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Piercing Hill Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7JW
Received 14 Feb 2019Ivy Cottage Epping Road Epping Green Nazeing CM16 6PX
Received 3 Jan 202241 Godwin Close Waltham Abbey London E4 7RQ
Received 4 Jan 202231 Station Road Loughton IG10 4NZ
Received 4 Jan 2022Leonard Davis House Kiln Road North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6BS
Received 4 Jan 202230 Stanmore Way Loughton IG10 2SA
Received 4 Jan 202237 Forest Lane Chigwell IG7 5AF
Received 4 Jan 202212 Sun Street Sheering Harlow CM21 9PP
Received 5 Jan 2022Dews Hall Farm, Middle House New Road Lambourne Romford RM4 1AJ
Received 5 Jan 2022Fairways Harlow Road High Laver Ongar CM5 0DL
Received 5 Jan 202225 B Lindsey Street Epping CM16 6RB
Received 5 Jan 2022Jaden Hoe Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2RJ
Received 6 Jan 202233 Lyndhurst Rise Chigwell IG7 5BB
Received 6 Jan 20225 Abbotts Way Oak Hill Road Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1JL
Received 7 Jan 2022Southview Coopersale Common Coopersale Epping CM16 7QT
Received 7 Jan 202215 Newnham Close Loughton IG10 4JG
Received 7 Jan 2022Land rear of Nos. 33-34 Fairlands Avenue Buckhurst Hill IG9 5TF
Received 7 Jan 2022The Vicarage 2 Piercing Hill Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7JN
Received 7 Jan 2022The Warren Fyfield Road Ongar CM5 0HQ
Received 7 Jan 202212 Carroll Hill Loughton IG10 1NJ
Received 10 Jan 202268 Roding View Buckhurst Hill IG9 6AQ
Received 10 Jan 2022Castlerea 15 Campions Loughton IG10 2SG
Received 10 Jan 2022Orchard Lodge Hatfield Heath Road Sawbridgeworth CM21 9HX
Received 10 Jan 20222 Ashlyns Road Epping CM16 5DR
Received 10 Jan 2022Records 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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