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.
13,567 approved · 4,026 refused · 856 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Roding View Buckhurst Hill IG9 6AQ
Received 2 Jun 20201 Stonards Hill Epping CM16 4QE
Received 1 Jun 2020The Warren Fyfield Road Moreton Ongar CM5 0HQ
Received 1 Jun 2020Land At Potash Road Matching Green Harlow CM17 0RN
Received 2 Jun 20202 Linkside Chigwell IG7 5DN
Received 1 Jun 202025 Scotland Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5NP
Received 1 Jun 2020Glenholme Nursery Nursery Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2JF
Received 1 Jun 2020Dell House Epping New Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5UA
Received 2 Jun 20205 Grange Crescent Chigwell IG7 5JB
Received 1 Jun 202029 Kendal Avenue Epping CM16 4PP
Received 1 Jun 202046 Kings Wood Park Epping CM16 6FD
Received 1 Jun 2020Garra 292 Nine Ashes Road High Ongar Ongar CM4 0LA
Received 2 Jun 2020Barkers Farm Mount End Road Theydon Mount Epping CM16 7PS
Received 1 Jun 20202 Linkside Chigwell IG7 5DN
Received 1 Jun 202011 Forest Way Loughton IG10 1JG
Received 1 Jun 20202 Elmhurst Way Loughton IG10 3DG
Received 2 Jun 202025 Wren Drive Waltham Abbey EN9 3TX
Received 1 Jun 202019 Chequers Road Loughton IG10 3QE
Received 1 Jun 2020105 High Road North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6EA
Received 1 Jun 20209 Spring Grove Loughton IG10 4QA
Received 1 Jun 2020Oaklands Warren Hill Loughton IG10 4RL
Received 2 Jun 2020156 B Queens Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5BJ
Received 2 Jun 202066 Ivy Chimneys Road Epping CM16 4EP
Received 3 Jun 202065 Farm Hill Road Waltham Abbey EN9 1NG
Received 3 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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