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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.
15,824 approved · 4,457 refused · 998 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Middle Barn Holyfield Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2ED
Received 11 Mar 202296 - 98 York Hill Loughton IG10 1JA
Received 24 Mar 202214 Wood Mead Epping Essex CM16 6TD
Received 24 Mar 202250 Forest Lane Chigwell Essex IG7 5AE
Received 24 Mar 202247 Stradbroke Drive Chigwell IG7 5RA
Received 22 Mar 2022Waltham Abbey Fire Station, Essex County Fire And Rescue Service Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1PA
Received 25 Mar 2022Malpeque Bournebridge Lane Stapleford Abbotts Romford Essex RM4 1LT
Received 25 Mar 202225 Tomswood Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5QP
Received 25 Mar 2022Taw Lodge Epping Lane Stapleford Tawney Essex RM4 1ST
Received 25 Mar 2022Linton House The Street Sheering Harlow Essex CM22 7LX
Received 25 Mar 202230 Stanmore Way Loughton Essex IG10 2SA
Received 25 Mar 20222 Haydens Cottages 113 High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6QQ
Received 25 Mar 202260 Stradbroke Drive Chigwell Essex IG7 5QZ
Received 28 Mar 202229 Walker Avenue Fyfield Ongar Essex CM5 0RG
Received 28 Mar 2022Land adjacent 21 The Windsors, Buckhurst Hill IG9 6DJ
Received 28 Mar 2022Magnolia House Abridge Road Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7NR
Received 28 Mar 202235 Alderton Hill Loughton Essex IG10 3JD
Received 29 Mar 202255 Alderwood Drive Lambourne Romford Essex RM4 1DJ
Received 29 Mar 20222 Turners Court Lambourne Romford Essex RM4 1UQ
Received 28 Mar 2022179-181 High Road Loughton Essex IG10 4LF
Received 28 Mar 2022Tesco Stores Limited Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1JH
Received 28 Mar 2022Beechwood Theydon Road Epping Essex CM16 4EE
Received 29 Mar 2022Badgers Wellington Hill Loughton Essex IG10 4AH
Received 29 Mar 2022Durrington House Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow Essex CM17 0NE
Received 29 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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