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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.
15,920 approved · 4,464 refused · 1,001 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grange Court 72 High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6PT
Received 14 Mar 2022Grange Court 72 High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6PT
Received 14 Mar 2022Hunters Hall Farm Chambers Manor Farm Lane Epping Upland Epping Essex CM16 6PL
Received 1 Mar 202282 Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5AB
Received 31 Mar 202267 Hemnall Street Epping Essex CM16 4LZ
Received 31 Mar 2022Dr Walker C Of E Primary School Walker Avenue Fyfield Ongar Essex CM5 0RG
Received 31 Mar 2022Land Between 42 And 44 Ongar Road Lambourne Romford RM4 1UH
Received 31 Mar 2022Hill Hall Mount Road Theydon Mount Epping Essex CM16 7QQ
Received 31 Mar 20222 Dukes Avenue Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7HE
Received 31 Mar 2022219 High Road North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6ED
Received 31 Mar 2022Chapelfield Nursery 76 Weald Bridge Road North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6ES
Received 1 Apr 202219 Cannons Lane Fyfield Ongar Essex CM5 0SF
Received 1 Apr 202253 Deer Park Way Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3YN
Received 1 Apr 2022The Rodings Roding Lane Chigwell Essex IG7 6BE
Received 1 Apr 2022Cata Old House Lane Roydon Harlow Essex CM19 5DJ
Received 1 Apr 20224 Puckridge Cottages Vicarage Lane Chigwell IG7 6LU
Received 4 Apr 202222 Beechfield Walk Waltham Abbey EN9 3AA
Received 4 Apr 202235 Dukes Avenue Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7HG
Received 4 Apr 2022The Good Intent Ph Copthall Green Waltham Abbey EN9 3SZ
Received 4 Apr 2022Eden Bournebridge Lane Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1LT
Received 4 Apr 202245 Roding Lane Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6BJ
Received 5 Apr 2022Oaklands 86 Bracken Drive Chigwell Essex IG7 5RD
Received 4 Apr 202240 Rous Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6BW
Received 4 Apr 20224 Envilles Cottages Abbess Road Little Laver Ongar Essex CM5 0JH
Received 4 Apr 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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