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.
12,904 approved · 3,922 refused · 806 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
58 High Beech Road Loughton IG10 4BL
Received 11 May 2021Currance Lodge Upland Road Epping Upland Epping CM16 6NN
Received 11 May 20213 Barton Close Chigwell Essex IG7 6LJ
Received 12 May 202191 High Road Loughton Essex IG10 4JD
Received 12 May 202125 Cherston Road Loughton IG10 3PL
Received 12 May 2021Winston Farm Hoe Lane Lower Nazeing EN9 2RJ
Received 12 May 20213 Laburnum Close Sheering Harlow CM22 7LD
Received 12 May 202121 Green Close Epping Upland Epping CM16 6PS
Received 12 May 2021236 Willingale Road Loughton IG10 2BX
Received 12 May 202111 Woodland Way Ongar CM5 9EP
Received 12 May 2021Patience Cottage Belchers Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2SA
Received 12 May 202169 Monkswood Avenue Waltham Abbey EN9 1LD
Received 12 May 20211 Hallsford Villas Brentwood Road Ongar CM5 9DD
Received 12 May 202187 A Monkswood Avenue Waltham Abbey EN9 1LJ
Received 12 May 202114 Roydon Close Loughton IG10 3DN
Received 13 May 2021Garden House Nazeing Park Betts Lane Nazeing Essex EN9 2DN
Received 11 May 2021The Firs Epping Road Roydon Harlow CM19 5HU
Received 13 May 2021Elm Bank Epping Road Roydon Harlow CM19 5HU
Received 13 May 202112 Deer Park Way Waltham Abbey EN9 3YL
Received 13 May 2021Combles London Road Hastingwood Harlow CM17 9LH
Received 13 May 202152 Lower Park Road Loughton IG10 4NA
Received 13 May 2021Land and Garages rear of 54 - 60 Hornbeam Road (Bourne House) Hornbeam Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 6JY
Received 13 May 202190 Rous Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 6BT
Received 13 May 202180 Coopersale Common Coopersale Epping CM16 7QU
Received 13 May 2021Records 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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