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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.
16,735 approved · 4,601 refused · 1,065 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cymru Epping Road Roydon Harlow Essex CM19 5DA
Received 4 May 202249 A Hainault Road Chigwell IG7 5DH
Received 4 May 20226 Tewkesbury Close Loughton Essex IG10 3NT
Received 4 May 202236 Knights Walk Lambourne Romford Essex RM4 1DR
Received 5 May 20222 Cedar Drive Loughton IG10 2PA
Received 5 May 2022Donkey Hoppit Toot Hill Road Ongar CM5 9QN
Received 5 May 2022Greens Farm Little Laver Road Moreton Ongar Essex CM5 0JE
Received 5 May 2022Roundhills Mott Street Waltham Abbey IG10 4AP
Received 5 May 202272 High Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5RP
Received 5 May 202235 Tycehurst Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1BX
Received 6 May 2022Greens Farm Little Laver Road Moreton Ongar Essex CM5 0JE
Received 5 May 20228 Oakwood Hill Loughton Essex IG10 3EW
Received 6 May 2022227 High Street Epping Essex CM16 4BP
Received 5 May 20226 Broadhurst Gardens Chigwell Essex IG7 5HE
Received 5 May 2022Watermans End Cottage Watery Lane Little Laver Harlow Essex CM17 0RQ
Received 5 May 202272 High Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5RP
Received 5 May 202215 St James Avenue Ongar CM5 9EL
Received 6 May 20223B Thornwood Road Epping CM16 6SX
Received 6 May 2022Junction at Stubbings Hall Lane and Holyfield Road Off Crooked Mile Waltham Abbey EN9
Received 6 May 20224 Little Goldings, The Barn Clays Lane Loughton Essex IG10 2RZ
Received 6 May 20226 Barclays Bank Plc, Market Square, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 1DN
Received 6 May 2022The Barn Bury Road Waltham Abbey Essex E4 7QN
Received 6 May 202284 Avondale Drive Loughton Essex IG10 3DQ
Received 6 May 2022Willowcroft Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey Essex E4 7RF
Received 6 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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