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.
13,111 approved · 3,951 refused · 819 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pine Tree Nursery Avey Lane Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3QH
Received 18 Feb 2019Tymba 10 Fernside Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5TY
Received 21 Feb 201932 Barrington Green Loughton IG10 2BA
Received 21 Feb 2019138 Borders Lane Loughton Essex IG10 3SB
Received 22 Feb 2019The Woodman Public House London Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9QF
Received 21 Feb 2019Netherhouse Farm Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey Essex E4 7RJ
Received 21 Feb 2019Anton House 82 Hoe Lane Lambourne Essex RM4 1AU
Received 21 Feb 201916 Oak Lodge Avenue Chigwell Essex IG7 5HZ
Received 21 Feb 20195 Ashley Grove Staples Road Loughton Essex IG10 1HS
Received 21 Feb 2019The Woodman Public House London Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9QF
Received 21 Feb 2019St Mary the Virgin Church Church Lane Sheering Essex CM22 7NR
Received 22 Feb 2019Paris Hall Copped Hall Estate High Road Epping Essex CM16 5HT
Received 20 Feb 2019Mescalin 29 Broadstrood Loughton Essex IG10 2SB
Received 22 Feb 2019Rear of Taw Lodge Epping Lane Stapleford Tawney Essex RM4 1ST
Received 22 Feb 2019Land to the East of Forest Glade North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6LD
Received 22 Feb 2019Land to the north of The Nags Head Public House Moreton Essex CM5 0JD
Received 22 Feb 2019Springfield Cottage Hamlet Hill Roydon Essex CM19 5LD
Received 22 Feb 201948 Roding Lane Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6BJ
Received 22 Feb 2019Great Bansons Bansons Lane Ongar Essex CM5 9AR
Received 22 Feb 201940 Stonards Hill Epping Essex CM16 4QH
Received 22 Feb 201918 Buxton Road Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7HD
Received 22 Feb 201957 Theydon Park Road Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7LR
Received 25 Feb 201968 The Crescent Loughton Essex IG10 4PU
Received 25 Feb 2019Hawthorn Cottage Long Street Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3TG
Received 25 Feb 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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