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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.
12,789 approved · 3,904 refused · 798 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hunters Hall Farm Chambers Manor Farm Lane Epping Upland Epping CM16 6PL
Received 12 Jan 2022Knolls Hill Farm Bournebridge Lane Stapleford Abbotts Romford Stapleford Abbotts RM4 1LU
Received 20 Jan 202239 Traps Hill Loughton IG10 1SZ
Received 20 Jan 2022Brownings Farmhouse Gravel Lane Chigwell IG7 6DQ
Received 20 Jan 202274 High Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RP
Received 20 Jan 202255 High Street Epping CM16 4BA
Received 20 Jan 20225 Albion Hill Loughton IG10 4RA
Received 20 Jan 2022Oak Haven & Laysholm 18 & 17 Tatsfield Avenue Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2HH
Received 20 Jan 202210 High Elms Chigwell IG7 6NF
Received 21 Jan 2022Five Farthings 15 Kendal Avenue Epping CM16 4PW
Received 20 Jan 2022Woodside House Woodside Thornwood Epping CM16 6LF
Received 21 Jan 202233 Forest Lane Chigwell IG7 5AF
Received 21 Jan 20225 Beech Lane Buckhurst Hill IG9 5HZ
Received 21 Jan 2022Aspen Mews 242 Lambourne Road Chigwell IG7 6HX
Received 21 Jan 202231 Scotland Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5NP
Received 21 Jan 202233 Church Hill Epping CM16 4RA
Received 21 Jan 2022Redbridge Oak Hill Road Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1EH
Received 21 Jan 2022Paslow Common Farm Nine Ashes Road High Ongar CM4 0JY
Received 21 Jan 202228 River Way Loughton IG10 3LH
Received 24 Jan 2022Patmore Fields Mott Street High Beach Waltham Abbey
Received 24 Jan 20225 Nafferton Rise Loughton IG10 1UB
Received 24 Jan 20225 Park View Chigwell IG7 5EF
Received 24 Jan 202259 Oakwood Hill Loughton IG10 3EP
Received 24 Jan 2022The Meadow Pedlars End Moreton Ongar CM5 0LW
Received 24 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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