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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.
13,448 approved · 3,998 refused · 847 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Ely Place Chigwell IG8 8AG
Received 1 Feb 202256 Tycehurst Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1DA
Received 1 Feb 2022115 Loughton Clinic, Doctors Surgery High Road Loughton Essex IG10 4JA
Received 2 Feb 2022Burrington Middle Street Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2LB
Received 1 Feb 20221 Woolston Manor Cottages Abridge Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6BX
Received 1 Feb 202239 The Windsors Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6DJ
Received 1 Feb 202239 The Windsors Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6DJ
Received 1 Feb 202215 Elstar Road Ongar Essex CM5 0FR
Received 1 Feb 2022Waterside Place Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow Essex CM21 9RG
Received 1 Feb 20222 Brickfield Road Coopersale Epping Essex CM16 7QX
Received 1 Feb 20221 Marden Ash Mews Stanford Rivers Road Ongar Essex CM5 9BT
Received 1 Feb 202237 A Theydon Park Road Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7LR
Received 2 Feb 2022Burleigh Nursery Hoe Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2RJ
Received 2 Feb 2022Bury Farm Bury Lane Epping Essex CM16 5JA
Received 2 Feb 2022Miller And Carter High Road Epping Essex CM16 5HW
Received 2 Feb 202243 Rayfield Epping Essex CM16 5AD
Received 3 Feb 2022Sparlings Epping Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2DH
Received 2 Feb 202257 Forest Drive Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7HB
Received 3 Feb 202235 Oak Lodge Avenue Chigwell IG7 5JA
Received 3 Feb 202237 North Street Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2NH
Received 3 Feb 202293 Centre Drive Epping Essex CM16 4JD
Received 3 Feb 2022Bury Farm Bury Lane Epping Essex CM16 5JA
Received 2 Feb 20221 Appleton Road Loughton IG10 2HH
Received 3 Feb 202234 Chapel Road Epping CM16 5DS
Received 4 Feb 2022Records 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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