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.
13,253 approved · 3,967 refused · 833 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barn Moreton House Little Laver Road Moreton Ongar CM5 0JE
Received 26 Nov 2020North Weald Airfield Hurricane Way North Weald Bassett Epping
Received 26 Nov 2020Knolls Hill Farm Bournebridge Lane Stapleford Abbotts Romford Stapleford Abbotts RM4 1LU
Received 26 Nov 2020229 Fencepiece Road Chigwell IG7 5EB
Received 26 Nov 20201-8 Trevelyan Gardens Loughton IG10 2FB
Received 26 Nov 2020Pine Trees Nursery Road Loughton IG10 4EF
Received 26 Nov 202011 Scotland Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5NP
Received 26 Nov 202089 Palmerston Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5NH
Received 26 Nov 20202 Hillyfields Loughton IG10 2JS
Received 26 Nov 2020Three Acre Farm Birds Green Willingale Ongar CM5 0PR
Received 26 Nov 2020Wynwood Lodge 63 Tomswood Road Chigwell IG7 5QR
Received 26 Nov 2020Chigwell School 133 High Road Chigwell IG7 6QF
Received 26 Nov 202045 Lambourne Road Chigwell IG7 6EZ
Received 26 Nov 202040 Westbury Lane Buckhurst Hill IG9 5PL
Received 26 Nov 202040 Stonards Hill Epping CM16 4QH
Received 26 Nov 2020Red Roofs Low Hill Road Roydon CM19 5JN
Received 26 Nov 202026 Upshire Road Waltham Abbey EN9 3NR
Received 27 Nov 2020Sarnia Nursery Avey Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3QH
Received 27 Nov 20207 The Mead Nazeing New Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN10 6SS
Received 27 Nov 2020Lyngs Farm, Ashleam House Nupers Lane Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1JR
Received 27 Nov 20205 Goldingham Avenue Loughton IG10 2JF
Received 27 Nov 202040 Russell Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5QE
Received 27 Nov 20209 Foxley Close Loughton IG10 2HU
Received 27 Nov 20201 Gainsborough Place Chigwell IG7 6LA
Received 27 Nov 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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