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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.
13,465 approved · 4,001 refused · 848 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nazeing Park Cottage Back Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2RS
Received 9 Feb 20224 Maxwell Court Sunnymede Chigwell IG7 6DZ
Received 9 Feb 2022Foster Street Farm Foster Street Hastingwood Essex CM17 9HS
Received 10 Feb 202233 Western Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2QH
Received 29 Jan 2022Land and Garages adjacent 97 Queensway Ongar Essex CM5 0BP
Received 29 Jan 2022Land and garage adjacent to Travellers Friend PH car park Epping Road Epping Green Epping CM16 6PU
Received 29 Jan 2022282A High Road Loughton IG10 1RB
Received 1 Feb 2022Little Tawney Hall Tawney Lane Stapleford Tawney Romford Essex RM4 1TD
Received 1 Feb 202239 Roding Lane Buckhurst Hill IG9 6BJ
Received 10 Feb 2022Oaklands 86 Bracken Drive Chigwell IG7 5RD
Received 4 Feb 202253 Rous Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6BU
Received 11 Feb 2022Parvills Farm Chambers Manor Farm Lane Epping Upland Epping CM16 6PL
Received 9 Feb 2022Gable Lodge New Road Lambourne Romford RM4 1AJ
Received 14 Feb 2022Longyard Cottage Betts Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2DA
Received 14 Feb 202251 Hainault Road Chigwell IG7 5DH
Received 10 Feb 20228 Church Mead Roydon Harlow CM19 5EY
Received 14 Feb 2022Crown House The Street Sheering Harlow Essex CM22 7LT
Received 10 Feb 2022Blunts Farm Coopersale Lane Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7NT
Received 9 Feb 2022Debden Park High School Willingale Road Loughton Essex IG10 2BQ
Received 10 Feb 202245 Harwater Drive Loughton Essex IG10 1LP
Received 8 Feb 2022Dovecote Barn Coopersale Lane Theydon Garnon Epping Essex CM16 7NU
Received 9 Feb 2022Rosario High Road Thornwood Epping Essex CM16 6LU
Received 8 Feb 2022Langridge Farm Paynes Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2EY
Received 10 Feb 202214 Caldbeck Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1UR
Received 8 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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