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.
15,053 approved · 4,313 refused · 949 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
New House Farm Vicarage Lane North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6AP
Received 3 Mar 2022Greens Farm Little Laver Road Moreton Ongar Essex CM5 0JE
Received 3 Mar 202213 Holecroft Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1UL
Received 3 Mar 2022Spring Meadow 44 Castle Street Ongar Essex CM5 9JS
Received 3 Mar 2022Manor Farm Mott Street Waltham Abbey Essex IG10 4AP
Received 3 Mar 202230 Roding Gardens Loughton Essex IG10 3NH
Received 3 Mar 202230 Roding Gardens Loughton Essex IG10 3NH
Received 3 Mar 2022Cottesmore Epping Road Roydon Harlow Essex CM19 5DD
Received 3 Mar 202248 Baldwins Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1SF
Received 3 Mar 2022Springfields Dunmow Road Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding Ongar CM5 0NT
Received 3 Mar 202242 Church Hill Loughton IG10 1LA
Received 3 Mar 2022Colemans Farm, Broadhill Barn Mount Road Theydon Mount Epping Essex CM16 7PP
Received 4 Mar 202245 High Road Loughton Essex IG10 4JQ
Received 4 Mar 2022The Pond House Poplar Row Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7NB
Received 7 Mar 2022St Leonards House St Leonards Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2HG
Received 4 Mar 2022Furthoes, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, RM4 1RP
Received 4 Mar 20221 Cranbourne Cottages Nazeing Common Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2SH
Received 7 Mar 2022Existing surface level car park Cottis Lane Car Park Cottis Lane Epping CM16 5LL
Received 4 Mar 2022Land adjacent to Tanfields Old House Lane Roydon CM19 5DN
Received 4 Mar 2022Rest Harrow Millers Lane Chigwell IG7 6DG
Received 4 Mar 202233 High Street Epping Essex CM16 4BA
Received 4 Mar 202275 High Beech Road Loughton Essex IG10 4BN
Received 4 Mar 2022The Limes Matching Green Matching Harlow Essex CM17 0QE
Received 7 Mar 2022Charley Farm Millers Green Road Willingale Ongar Essex CM5 0PZ
Received 28 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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