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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.
13,015 approved · 3,939 refused · 813 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Queens Road Loughton IG10 1RS
Received 11 Sept 2019Pine Lodge Vicarage Lane Chigwell Essex IG7 6LS
Received 11 Sept 201945 Spareleaze Hill Loughton IG10 1BS
Received 11 Sept 2019Winterslow Bournebridge Lane Stapleford Abbotts Essex RM4 1LT
Received 11 Sept 2019Land at Potash Road Matching Green Essex CM17 0RN
Received 12 Sept 2019152 Trotwood Chigwell IG7 5JW
Received 12 Sept 2019Dallance Farm Breach Barns Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 2AD
Received 12 Sept 201946 New Farm Drive Lambourne Essex RM4 1BT
Received 12 Sept 2019Ivy Lodge Claverhambury Road Waltham Abbey EN9 2BL
Received 12 Sept 2019Highwood Pudding Lane Chigwell IG7 6BY
Received 12 Sept 2019Little Chef And Travelodge Epping Road North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6RZ
Received 12 Sept 2019Builders Yard Sawbridgeworth Road Hatfield Heath CM21 9HX
Received 12 Sept 201915 Rayfield Epping Essex CM16 5AD
Received 12 Sept 2019Builders Yard Sawbridgeworth Road Hatfield Heath CM21 9HX
Received 12 Sept 2019139 Epping New Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5TZ
Received 16 Sept 20191 Rectory Cottages Beachamp Roding Ongar Essex CM5 0PH
Received 13 Sept 201925 Bell Lodge Bell Common Epping Essex CM16 4DY
Received 13 Sept 2019122 Roding Road Loughton IG10 3EJ
Received 13 Sept 20199 Caldbeck Waltham Abbey EN9 1UR
Received 13 Sept 2019Latton Priory Farm London Road Hastingwood Harlow CM17 9LH
Received 13 Sept 2019The Pillars Tysea Hill Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1JU
Received 16 Sept 201946 Stradbroke Drive Chigwell IG7 5QZ
Received 16 Sept 2019219 High Street Epping CM16 4BL
Received 16 Sept 201917 Paternoster Close Waltham Abbey EN9 3JU
Received 16 Sept 2019Records 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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