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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.
15,967 approved · 4,473 refused · 1,003 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Knighton Lane Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5HF
Received 4 Apr 202289 Oakwood Hill Loughton IG10 3ER
Received 5 Apr 202217 Pound Close Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2HR
Received 5 Apr 2022Warren House High Road Epping Essex CM16 5BB
Received 5 Apr 2022Warren Gate House High Road Epping Essex CM16 5BB
Received 5 Apr 20229 Queens Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5BZ
Received 5 Apr 202219 Osprey Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3RY
Received 6 Apr 20229 Heath Drive Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7HL
Received 6 Apr 2022Land Off Honey Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3AY
Received 6 Apr 202258 Forest Drive Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7EZ
Received 6 Apr 20225 Wellfields Loughton Essex IG10 1PB
Received 6 Apr 20229 Clarks Cottages Epping Road Roydon Harlow CM19 5HP
Received 7 Apr 2022Debden Station Chigwell Lane Loughton Essex IG10 3TG
Received 7 Apr 2022127 High Street Ongar Essex CM5
Received 7 Apr 20227 Woodland Way Ongar CM5 9EP
Received 7 Apr 202271 Deepdene Road Loughton IG10 3PH
Received 7 Apr 20222 Haydens Cottages 113 High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6QQ
Received 25 Mar 2022Globe Cottage 19 Lambourne Road Chigwell IG7 6HA
Received 8 Apr 202211 Griffins Wood Cottages High Road Epping Essex CM16 4DH
Received 8 Apr 202228 Sheering Mill Lane Sheering Harlow CM21 9LP
Received 11 Apr 2022Highfield Moreton Road Bobbingworth Ongar Essex CM5 0LU
Received 3 May 202294 Coopersale Common Coopersale Epping Essex CM16 7QU
Received 3 May 20221 Reformatory Cottages Harlow Tye Road Matching Harlow Essex CM17 0PG
Received 3 May 202232 Stanmore Way Loughton IG10 2SA
Received 3 May 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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