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.
15,192 approved · 4,342 refused · 956 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
56 Lechmere Avenue Chigwell Essex IG7 5ET
Received 11 Mar 202219 Church Lane Loughton Essex IG10 1PD
Received 14 Mar 2022Netherhouse Farm Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey E4 7RJ
Received 14 Mar 202246 Pyrles Lane Loughton Essex IG10 2NN
Received 14 Mar 202218 Grovewood Place Chigwell Essex IG8 8PX
Received 14 Mar 20229 Church Lane North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6HX
Received 14 Mar 202221 High Beech Road Loughton Essex IG10 4BN
Received 14 Mar 202221 High Beech Road Loughton Essex IG10 4BN
Received 14 Mar 2022Grange Court 72 High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6PT
Received 14 Mar 20226 Rounton Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3AR
Received 14 Mar 202265 Old Nazeing Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN10 6RN
Received 14 Mar 2022Mitchells Farm Gutteridge Lane Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1EG
Received 14 Mar 2022158 Princes Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5DJ
Received 14 Mar 2022Forest Lawn Rats Lane Loughton Essex IG10 4AQ
Received 15 Mar 202237 Tycehurst Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1BX
Received 15 Mar 202229 Broadfield Way, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5AG
Received 16 Mar 2022Field adjacent to St Mary The Virgin Church Lane Sheering CM22 7NR
Received 16 Mar 2022Oak Lodge Stud Mill Lane Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9SF
Received 16 Mar 2022The Cedars 215 Lambourne Road Chigwell IG7 6JP
Received 23 Jun 2020187 Lindsey Street Epping CM16 6RF
Received 2 Jul 202024-26 Bridge Garage High Street Ongar CM5 9DZ
Received 2 Jul 2020Civic Offices, Epping Forest District Council 323 High Street Epping CM16 4BZ
Received 6 Jan 202156 Pancroft Lambourne Romford Abridge RM4 1BX
Received 7 Jan 2021Woodredon House Woodredon Farm Lane Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3SX
Received 7 Jan 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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