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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.
16,693 approved · 4,595 refused · 1,060 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Premier House 1 A Stradbroke Drive Chigwell Essex IG7 5QU
Received 28 Apr 2022Stankleys Perry Hill Nazeing EN9 2LL
Received 29 Apr 2022Epping Forest College - Library and Middle Building Borders Lane Loughton IG10 3SA
Received 3 May 2022Former Playing Fields Epping Forest College Borders Lane Loughton IG10 3SA
Received 3 May 202261 Greensted Road Loughton Essex IG10 3DJ
Received 29 Apr 2022Manor Court, Flat 5 Manor Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1EY
Received 29 Apr 202292 Alderton Hall Lane Loughton Essex IG10 3HD
Received 29 Apr 2022Woodrow School Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9PU
Received 3 May 2022The Cottage Willingale Road Fyfield Ongar Essex CM5 0SD
Received 29 Apr 2022Camelia 75 Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow Essex CM21 9LG
Received 29 Apr 202232 Hill Road Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7LX
Received 2 May 20223 Whitehall Close Chigwell Essex IG7 6EQ
Received 2 May 202233 Acres Avenue Ongar Essex CM5 0BJ
Received 29 Apr 2022Limes House 10 London Road Lambourne Romford Essex RM4 1UX
Received 29 Apr 20227 Langley Meadows Loughton Essex IG10 2DL
Received 3 May 20229 Holly Close Buckhurst Hill IG9 6HT
Received 3 May 202210 King Street High Ongar Ongar CM5 9NS
Received 3 May 202244 Hycliffe Gardens Chigwell IG7 5HJ
Received 3 May 2022Morgans Farm Chelmsford Road High Ongar Ongar Essex CM4 0LQ
Received 3 May 2022High House Farm Stapleford Road Stapleford Abbotts Romford Essex RM4 1EJ
Received 3 May 202283 Bushfields Loughton Essex IG10 3JR
Received 3 May 2022Barclays Bank Plc 183 High Street Epping Essex CM16 4BH
Received 4 May 2022Ambresbury House Theydon Road Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 4EF
Received 4 May 2022Chigwell School 133 High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6QF
Received 4 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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