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.
13,958 approved · 4,098 refused · 881 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Webbs Cottage Rye Hill Road Epping Upland Epping CM18 7JG
Received 28 Oct 201960 The Crescent Loughton IG10 4PU
Received 28 Oct 2019The Shrubbery Tysea Hill Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1JS
Received 28 Oct 2019Debden Station Chigwell Lane Loughton Essex IG10 3TG
Received 28 Oct 20191 Hermitage Cottages High Street Ongar CM5 9AB
Received 25 Oct 2019Webbs Cottage Rye Hill Road Epping Upland Epping CM18 7JG
Received 28 Oct 201947 Coppice Row Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7DL
Received 28 Oct 201930 Kenilworth Gardens Loughton IG10 3AF
Received 28 Oct 2019Abbey Gardens Crooked Mile Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1DJ
Received 28 Oct 201910 Goldings Rise Loughton IG10 2QP
Received 28 Oct 201921 Maple Close Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6HW
Received 28 Oct 201990 Mill Lane High Ongar Ongar CM5 9RL
Received 28 Oct 2019Lambourne End Outdoor Centre Manor Road Lambourne Romford RM4 1NB
Received 28 Oct 201932 Stradbroke Grove Buckhurst Hill IG9 5PF
Received 29 Oct 20191-6 Shernbroke Road Hostel Shernbroke Road Waltham Abbey EN9 3JF
Received 29 Oct 201947 Coppice Row Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7DL
Received 29 Oct 2019Dove Cote Honey Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3QT
Received 29 Oct 20199 Goldings Rise Loughton IG10 2QP
Received 29 Oct 2019Obelisk Farm Fernhall Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3TL
Received 29 Oct 201937 Hornbeam Road Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7JU
Received 29 Oct 2019Land adjacent to Spinney Mead Mill Lane High Ongar Ongar CM5 9RQ
Received 30 Oct 2019The Cottage Waltham Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2LU
Received 30 Oct 201966 Spring Grove Loughton IG10 4QE
Received 30 Oct 2019Hydes Farm Lodge Epping Lane Stapleford Tawney Romford Epping Essex RM4 1TU
Received 31 Oct 2019Records 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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