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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.
13,515 approved · 4,011 refused · 851 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Ely Place Chigwell Essex IG8 8AG
Received 17 Feb 2022Paradise Farm Hamlet Hill Roydon Harlow Essex CM19 5JZ
Received 17 Feb 20226 Willow Tree Close Lambourne Romford Essex RM4 1BL
Received 17 Feb 202251 Tower Road Epping Essex CM16 5EN
Received 18 Feb 20229 Grove Cottages Grove Lane Chigwell Essex IG7 6JE
Received 18 Feb 2022North Wilmore Barn Workers Road High Laver Ongar Essex CM5 0DZ
Received 18 Feb 20228 Stanmore Way Loughton Essex IG10 2SA
Received 18 Feb 2022North Acre Barn Dunmow Road Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding Ongar Essex CM5 0NX
Received 18 Feb 202217 Lodge Close Chigwell Essex IG7 6JL
Received 18 Feb 202217 Lodge Close Chigwell Essex IG7 6JL
Received 18 Feb 2022Hunters Hall Farm Chambers Manor Farm Lane Epping Upland Epping Essex CM16 6PL
Received 21 Feb 2022Hunters Hall Farm Chambers Manor Farm Lane Epping Upland Epping CM16 6PL
Received 21 Feb 202232 The Orchards Epping Essex CM16 7BB
Received 21 Feb 202219 Meadow Road Loughton Essex IG10 4HY
Received 21 Feb 20225 Brook Way Chigwell Essex IG7 6AA
Received 21 Feb 2022The Inglenook Threshers Bush Harlow Matching CM17 0NP
Received 22 Feb 2022Plot 1, Fairmead Church Road, High Beach Waltham Abbey IG10 4AJ
Received 21 Feb 20221 The Lanterns Whitakers Way Loughton Essex IG10 1SQ
Received 21 Feb 202244 Barrington Green Loughton Essex IG10 2BA
Received 21 Feb 202256 Greenwich Way Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3YS
Received 21 Feb 202233 Church Hill Epping Essex CM16 4RA
Received 21 Feb 2022Bantham Cottage Wellington Hill Loughton Essex IG10 4AH
Received 21 Feb 202254 Station Road Loughton Essex IG10 4NX
Received 21 Feb 20221 Buttercross Lane Epping Essex CM16 5AA
Received 21 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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