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.
12,762 approved · 3,902 refused · 796 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 Meadow Road Loughton IG10 4HY
Received 10 Jan 2022Warlies Gardens Horseshoe Hill Waltham Abbey EN9 3SL
Received 11 Jan 2022West Egg Riverside Avenue Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN10 6RB
Received 11 Jan 202230 Algers Road Loughton IG10 4NG
Received 11 Jan 202215 Forest Lane Chigwell IG7 5AF
Received 11 Jan 2022Merleswood Roding Lane Chigwell IG7 6BE
Received 12 Jan 202240 Woburn Avenue Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7JS
Received 13 Jan 2022Hunters Hall Farm Chambers Manor Farm Lane Epping Upland Epping CM16 6PL
Received 12 Jan 20222 Green Lane Chigwell IG7 6LY
Received 12 Jan 202220 Forest Drive Fyfield Ongar CM5 0TP
Received 12 Jan 2022Land to Rear of The Forresters Public House The Street High Ongar Ongar CM5 9NE
Received 14 Jan 202240 Traps Hill Loughton IG10 1SZ
Received 14 Jan 202274/76 Honey Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3BS
Received 14 Jan 2022Hilltop Farm Toot Hill Road Ongar CM5 9LJ
Received 17 Jan 2022Weald Hall Farm Weald Hall Lane Thornwood Epping CM16 6ND
Received 17 Jan 2022Copped Hall Garden Nursery, T-Mobile (70220) High Road Epping CM16 4DH
Received 17 Jan 202237 Valley Hill Loughton IG10 3AQ
Received 17 Jan 20225 High Street Epping
Received 17 Jan 2022Patience Cottage Belchers Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2SA
Received 17 Jan 202234 Cloverly Road Ongar CM5 9BY
Received 18 Jan 2022Saint Johns Rc Special School Turpins Lane Chigwell IG8 8AX
Received 18 Jan 202211 Tewkesbury Close Loughton IG10 3NT
Received 18 Jan 2022Friars Gate 16 Daleside Gardens Chigwell IG7 6PR
Received 18 Jan 202293 Tycehurst Hill Loughton IG10 1BZ
Received 18 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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