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.
16,001 approved · 4,479 refused · 1,008 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holyfield Farm Crooked Mile Waltham Abbey EN9 2ED
Received 3 May 2022Manor Court, Flat 5 Manor Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1EY
Received 29 Apr 2022Meadow View High Street Roydon Harlow Essex CM19 5EA
Received 4 May 2022Roydon Marina Village High Street Roydon Harlow Essex CM19 5EJ
Received 4 May 20229 Pick Hill Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3LB
Received 4 May 2022158 Colson Road Loughton Essex IG10 3RA
Received 4 May 202226 Woodbrook Gardens Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3DA
Received 4 May 20229 Great Meadow Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN10 6RP
Received 4 May 2022Billingsbourne Farm Millers Lane Chigwell Essex IG7 6DG
Received 4 May 20223 Cumley Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9SJ
Received 4 May 2022Stepping Stones Kendal Avenue Epping Essex CM16 4PW
Received 13 May 2022Ringinglow High Road Epping Essex CM16 4DQ
Received 13 May 2022The Longhouse Ongar Road Fyfield Ongar Essex CM5 0RB
Received 13 May 2022Barn at Days Farm Arthurs Lane Lippitts Hill IG10
Received 13 May 20224 Little Goldings, The Barn Clays Lane Loughton IG10 2RZ
Received 13 Jul 2020The Foresters Arms Ph The Street High Ongar Ongar CM5 9NE
Received 15 Jul 202026 High Street Epping CM16 4AE
Received 15 Jul 2020Sherwood The Street Sheering Harlow CM22 7LY
Received 16 Jul 202040 Westbury Lane Buckhurst Hill IG9 5PL
Received 17 Jul 2020Woodlands The Street Sheering Harlow CM22 7LY
Received 17 Jul 202074 Queens Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5BS
Received 20 Jul 2020Woodside Place Woodside Thornwood Epping CM16 6LG
Received 20 Jul 2020Weald Bridge Farm Weald Bridge Road North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6AT
Received 22 Jul 202030 A Manor Road Chigwell IG7 5PD
Received 3 Aug 2020Records 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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