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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.
15,151 approved · 4,336 refused · 954 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Laburnum Road Coopersale Epping Essex CM16 7RA
Received 10 Mar 202228 The Magpies Epping Upland Epping Essex CM16 6QG
Received 10 Mar 202274 Mill Lane High Ongar Ongar Essex CM5 9RL
Received 10 Mar 2022Rolls Park, Barringtons High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6DJ
Received 10 Mar 20222 Warden Hall Cottages Fyfield Road Willingale Ongar Essex CM5 0QB
Received 10 Mar 2022Mitchells Farm Gutteridge Lane Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1EG
Received 10 Mar 20222 Station Road Loughton Essex IG10 4NZ
Received 11 Mar 202239 The Orchards Epping CM16 7AT
Received 11 Mar 2022202A High Road North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6EF
Received 11 Mar 202290 Loughton Way Buckhurst Hill IG9 6AH
Received 11 Mar 202219 Church Lane Loughton Essex IG10 1PD
Received 14 Mar 202252 St Johns Road Epping Essex CM16 5DP
Received 14 Mar 2022Grange Court 72 High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6PT
Received 11 Mar 2022Grange Court 72 High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6PT
Received 11 Mar 2022Grange Court 72 High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6PT
Received 11 Mar 202219 Longfield Loughton Essex IG10 4EE
Received 14 Mar 2022Grange Court 72 High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6PT
Received 14 Mar 2022Greenview Holyfield Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2EW
Received 11 Mar 20221 Bower Vale Epping Essex CM16 7AS
Received 14 Mar 2022Barford Low Hill Road Roydon Harlow Essex CM19 5JN
Received 11 Mar 2022Hedges 171 High Road North Weald CM16 6EB
Received 11 Mar 20225 Chigwell Heights 212 Manor Road Chigwell Essex IG7 4FB
Received 14 Mar 2022Middle Barn Holyfield Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2ED
Received 11 Mar 20223 Cumley Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9SJ
Received 11 Mar 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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