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.
13,287 approved · 3,973 refused · 835 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Blackhorse Lane North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6EP
Received 4 Dec 2020Land to rear of Mountford and Bishops Bron Oak Hill Road Stapleford Abbotts RM4 1JL
Received 4 Dec 20209 Daleside Gardens Chigwell IG7 6PR
Received 4 Dec 202029 Stonyshotts Waltham Abbey EN9 3DF
Received 4 Dec 202016 Epping Road Stanford Rivers Ongar CM5 9SQ
Received 4 Dec 202025 Dene Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 6BP
Received 4 Dec 20205 Maplecroft Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2NR
Received 4 Dec 202061 Roundmead Avenue Loughton IG10 1PZ
Received 7 Dec 20203 Regent Road Epping CM16 5DL
Received 7 Dec 2020Currance House Upland Road Epping Upland Epping CM16 6NN
Received 7 Dec 2020Gilden Way and Sheering Road Public Highways and Land Between Sheering Road and M11 Motorway
Received 3 Dec 2020177 High Road Chigwell IG7 6NX
Received 7 Dec 2020Hogarth Loughton Lane Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7JZ
Received 7 Dec 202011 Dukes Close North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6DA
Received 7 Dec 20202 A Green Glade Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7LY
Received 7 Dec 202020 Stag Lane Buckhurst Hill IG9 5TD
Received 7 Dec 20201 Darby Drive Waltham Abbey EN9 1EQ
Received 7 Dec 202024-26 Bridge Garage High Street Ongar CM5 9DZ
Received 7 Dec 2020Barn House, Land Rear Of Farm Close Roydon Harlow CM19 5LW
Received 7 Dec 2020Hillview St Leonards Road Nazeing Essex EN9 2HQ
Received 7 Dec 20209 Mill Lane High Ongar Ongar CM5 9RN
Received 9 Dec 2020Land Adjacent to 22 Woodgreen Road Woodgreen Road Upshire Waltham Abbey EN9 3SD
Received 9 Dec 20207-9 Sun Street Waltham Abbey EN9 1ER
Received 9 Dec 202017 High Elms Chigwell IG7 6NF
Received 10 Dec 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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