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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.
13,898 approved · 4,084 refused · 877 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Roding Lane Buckhurst Hill IG9 6BJ
Received 29 Jun 202120 Laburnum Road Coopersale Epping CM16 7RA
Received 30 Jun 202158 Traps Hill Loughton IG10 1TD
Received 30 Jun 202130 Algers Road Loughton IG10 4NG
Received 30 Jun 202123 Hilltop Close Loughton IG10 1PY
Received 30 Jun 2021168 Honey Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3BE
Received 30 Jun 202133 Lechmere Avenue Chigwell IG7 5HA
Received 30 Jun 2021Fairlands Anchor Lane Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding Ongar CM5 0JR
Received 1 Jul 2021103 Barrington Road Loughton IG10 2AX
Received 1 Jul 202119 Millwell Crescent Chigwell IG7 5HX
Received 1 Jul 20211 The Dell Waltham Abbey EN9 3YD
Received 1 Jul 20211 The Dell Waltham Abbey EN9 3YD
Received 1 Jul 202182 Valley Hill Loughton IG10 3AT
Received 2 Jul 20214 Norton Hall Cottages Norton Lane High Ongar Ongar CM5 9RT
Received 1 Jul 2021Fairlands Anchor Lane Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding Ongar CM5 0JR
Received 1 Jul 202183 Tycehurst Hill Loughton IG10 1BZ
Received 2 Jul 20213 Bower Terrace Epping CM16 7AP
Received 2 Jul 2021Cobbins End Farm Cobbinsend Road Waltham Abbey EN9 2AA
Received 2 Jul 2021Priory Lodge Coopersale Lane Theydon Garnon Epping CM16 7NU
Received 2 Jul 202128 Chigwell Grange High Road Chigwell IG7 6BF
Received 2 Jul 2021Messina Transport Ltd Sedge Green Roydon Harlow CM19 5JR
Received 2 Jul 202110 Baldocks Road Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7EB
Received 5 Jul 202112 Baldocks Road Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7EB
Received 5 Jul 2021Burleigh Nursery Hoe Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2RJ
Received 5 Jul 2021Records 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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