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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.
12,805 approved · 3,905 refused · 799 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Roydon Railway Station High Street Roydon Harlow CM19 5EH
Received 24 Jan 20227 Drayton Avenue Loughton IG10 3DF
Received 24 Jan 2022Latchetts Hoe Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2RB
Received 24 Jan 2022121 Honey Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3AX
Received 24 Jan 2022Land Adjoining 33 Maypole Drive Chigwell IG7 6DE
Received 24 Jan 202220 Meadow Way Chigwell IG7 6LP
Received 24 Jan 2022Charwood The Street Sheering Harlow CM22 7LY
Received 24 Jan 2022Howards Nursery Epping Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2DH
Received 25 Jan 202292 River Way Loughton IG10 3LL
Received 25 Jan 2022Falconry Court Bakers Lane Epping CM16 5DQ
Received 25 Jan 20227 Devon Close Buckhurst Hill IG9 5LF
Received 25 Jan 2022Units 1a & 1b Middlebrook Farm Hoe Lane Nazeing EN9 2RJ
Received 25 Jan 2022Charwood The Street Sheering Harlow CM22 7LY
Received 25 Jan 20224 Woodlands 27 Station Road Epping CM16 4HG
Received 25 Jan 202213 Langley Green Nazeing Road Waltham Abbey EN9 2JJ
Received 25 Jan 2022Robins Wood Birds Green Willingale Ongar CM5 0PR
Received 25 Jan 2022150 Honey Lane Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3BG
Received 4 Feb 202214 Hillyfields Loughton Essex IG10 2JS
Received 4 Feb 20221 Cartersfield Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1JD
Received 4 Feb 2022Land to the East of Cobbinsend Road The Cottage Long Street Waltham Abbey EN9 3TQ
Received 4 Feb 2022Thrift House Gravel Lane Chigwell Essex IG7 6DQ
Received 4 Feb 202211 Wallers Hoppet Loughton Essex IG10 1SP
Received 4 Feb 202253 Rous Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6BU
Received 7 Feb 202239 Russell Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5QF
Received 7 Feb 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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