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.
13,043 approved · 3,944 refused · 815 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Manor Road Chigwell IG7 5PL
Received 20 Sept 2019Whitakers Way / Site to rear of: 47 - 49 Baldwins Hill Loughton IG10 1SF
Received 28 Apr 20202 Walnut Way Buckhurst Hill IG9 6HX
Received 30 Apr 2020Land at Bentons Farm Middle Street Bumbles Green Nazeing EN9 2LN
Received 1 May 202014 Broadstrood Loughton IG10 2SB
Received 7 May 202010 Maypole Drive Chigwell IG7 6DE
Received 8 May 2020Monkswood Hornbeam Lane Sewardstonebury London E4 7QT
Received 11 May 2020Envilles Farm Abbess Road Little Laver Ongar CM5 0JH
Received 12 May 2020Clarador Betts Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2DB
Received 12 May 2020Bishops Hall New Road Lambourne Romford RM4 1AJ
Received 13 May 2020The Harvest Mill Street Hastingwood Harlow CM17 9JG
Received 14 May 202072 Manor Road Chigwell IG7 5PG
Received 14 May 20202 The Avenue Loughton Essex IG10 4PT
Received 15 May 202020 Coopersale Street Epping CM16 7QJ
Received 18 May 2020Roebuck Heights North End Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RF
Received 18 May 2020165 A Lambourne Road Chigwell IG7 6EF
Received 18 May 202098 Westbury Lane Buckhurst Hill IG9 5PW
Received 18 May 202014 Leycroft Close Loughton IG10 3EZ
Received 18 May 202076 Willingale Road Loughton IG10 2DB
Received 18 May 202025 Crows Road Epping CM16 5DE
Received 18 May 202076 Alderton Hill Loughton IG10 3JB
Received 18 May 202017 Regents Place Loughton IG10 4PP
Received 18 May 2020Greens Farm Little Laver Road Moreton Ongar CM5 0JE
Received 18 May 20209 Ely Place Chigwell IG8 8AG
Received 19 May 2020Records 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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