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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.
15,867 approved · 4,462 refused · 1,000 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Howard Business Park Howard Close Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1XA
Received 29 Mar 2022120 Buckhurst Way Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6HP
Received 29 Mar 20229 Forest Drive Fyfield Ongar Essex CM5 0TP
Received 29 Mar 2022Hainault Hall, 173 Lambourne Road, Chigwell IG7 6JU
Received 30 Mar 2022Elms Farm, Caravan 1 Waples Mill Road Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding Ongar Essex CM5 0TE
Received 30 Mar 202246 Pyrles Lane Loughton Essex IG10 2NN
Received 14 Mar 2022Sterling House Langston Road Loughton Essex IG10 3TS
Received 30 Mar 2022Cottis Lane Car Park Cottis Lane Epping CM16 5LL
Received 30 Mar 202239 Church Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1QP
Received 30 Mar 202249-51 Bell Common Epping Essex CM16 4DY
Received 30 Mar 2022White Rose Lodge 10 Western Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2QJ
Received 30 Mar 2022Presdale Farm House Hoe Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2RJ
Received 30 Mar 202239 Algers Road Loughton Essex IG10 4NG
Received 30 Mar 2022Land adjacent to Maybanks Farm Ongar Toot Hill CM5 9SQ
Received 30 Mar 202244 Church Mead Roydon Harlow Essex CM19 5EY
Received 30 Mar 202233 High Street Epping Essex CM16 4BA
Received 30 Mar 2022Thomasines Epping Road Roydon Harlow Essex CM19 5DA
Received 30 Mar 2022Oaklands 86 Bracken Drive Chigwell Essex IG7 5RD
Received 30 Mar 2022Popplewells Coachworks High Road Thornwood Epping CM16 6LP
Received 30 Mar 2022236 Willingale Road Loughton IG10 2BX
Received 18 Nov 2021Laughters Farm Faggotters Lane Matching Tye Harlow Essex CM17 0NU
Received 30 Mar 2022The Stables Courtyard Copped Hall Estate High Road Epping CM16 5HS
Received 31 Mar 202229 St Leonards Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2HN
Received 31 Mar 2022Camps Farm Hoe Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2RG
Received 31 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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