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.
13,551 approved · 4,023 refused · 854 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Buttercross Lane Epping CM16 5AA
Received 28 May 2020Nazeing Park, Garden House Betts Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2DN
Received 28 May 2020Adjacent to 2-24 Wellington Road North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6JU
Received 28 May 202054 Onslow Gardens Ongar CM5 9BQ
Received 29 May 20208 Paradise Road Waltham Abbey EN9 1RL
Received 29 May 20205 Tysea Hill Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1JS
Received 9 Jun 2020Bantham Cottage Wellington Hill And Bowls Club Site, Land adjoining Rats Lane Loughton IG10 4AQ
Received 9 Jun 202074 Hainault Road Chigwell IG7 5DH
Received 10 Jun 202086 Avondale Drive Loughton Essex IG10 3DQ
Received 10 Jun 2020Metropolitan Police Cadet Training Centre Lippitts Hill Loughton IG10 4AL
Received 10 Jun 20203 Goldingham Avenue Loughton IG10 2JF
Received 10 Jun 2020Three Acre Farm Birds Green Willingale Ongar CM5 0PR
Received 10 Jun 2020Rundells Lodge London Road Hastingwood Harlow CM17 9LH
Received 10 Jun 20202 St Johns Road Epping CM16 5DN
Received 9 Jul 2020Green Pastures Tawney Common Theydon Mount Epping CM16 7PU
Received 29 May 2020Soundings Rats Lane Loughton IG10 4AQ
Received 29 May 202059 Lechmere Avenue Chigwell IG7 5HA
Received 29 May 2020Sterling House Langston Road Loughton IG10 3TS
Received 29 May 2020Church Hill Service Station 117 Church Hill Loughton IG10 1QR
Received 1 Jun 202015 Brook Way Chigwell IG7 6AW
Received 1 Jun 20203 Loughton Way Buckhurst Hill IG9 6AE
Received 1 Jun 20203 Loughton Way Buckhurst Hill IG9 6AE
Received 1 Jun 202010 Lechmere Avenue Chigwell IG7 5ET
Received 1 Jun 2020Brook House Barn (Brook Barn) Epping Lane Stapleford Tawney Romford RM4 1ST
Received 1 Jun 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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