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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.
12,778 approved · 3,903 refused · 797 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gatehouse 1 Beechview Drive Waltham Abbey EN9 3UB
Received 18 Jan 2022Langtons 40 High Road Chigwell IG7 6DL
Received 18 Jan 2022279 High Road North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6EE
Received 18 Jan 202215 Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill IG9 5AD
Received 18 Jan 2022Miller And Carter London Road Hastingwood Harlow CM17 9NG
Received 18 Jan 202211 Thrifts Mead Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7NF
Received 18 Jan 2022The Clees Wellington Hill Loughton IG10 4AG
Received 18 Jan 202214 Sedley Rise Loughton IG10 1LT
Received 18 Jan 2022Presdale Farm House Hoe Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2RJ
Received 18 Jan 2022Cymru Epping Road Roydon Harlow CM19 5DA
Received 18 Jan 2022Norton Fishery Epping Lane Stapleford Tawney Romford RM4 1ST
Received 19 Jan 202253 Audley Gardens Loughton Essex IG10 2EW
Received 19 Jan 202239 A Shooters Drive Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2QA
Received 19 Jan 202227 Gravel Lane Chigwell IG7 6DA
Received 19 Jan 202288 Princes Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5DZ
Received 19 Jan 202287 Westbury Lane Buckhurst Hill IG9 5PH
Received 19 Jan 2022Landscapes 29 Woodbury Hill Loughton IG10 1JF
Received 19 Jan 2022213 High Road Chigwell IG7 5BJ
Received 19 Jan 20226 Victoria Road Waltham Abbey EN9 1HE
Received 20 Jan 202283 Baldwins Hill, Loughton IG10 1SN
Received 19 Jan 2022Bobs Barn 46 London Road Stapleford Tawney Romford RM4 1SP
Received 19 Jan 202233 Lindsey Street Epping CM16 6RB
Received 19 Jan 202212 Greenfields Close Loughton IG10 3HG
Received 19 Jan 2022The Hollys Harlow Road Sheering Harlow CM22 7NB
Received 20 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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