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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.
16,491 approved · 4,563 refused · 1,041 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cart Lodge Willingale Road Fyfield Ongar CM5 0PY
Received 12 Apr 202235 Oak Lodge Avenue Chigwell IG7 5JA
Received 12 Apr 202270 Tempest Mead North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6DY
Received 12 Apr 202274 Ivy Chimneys Epping CM16 4EP
Received 12 Apr 20221 Audleigh Place Chigwell Essex IG7 5QT
Received 12 Apr 202218 Cannons Lane Fyfield Ongar Essex CM5 0SF
Received 12 Apr 202260 Traps Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1TD
Received 13 Apr 202233 Tycehurst Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1BX
Received 13 Apr 202272 High Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5RP
Received 13 Apr 202217 Bracken Drive Chigwell Essex IG7 5RG
Received 13 Apr 20226 Ladyfields Close Loughton Essex IG10 3RS
Received 13 Apr 2022The Willows Woolmongers Lane High Ongar Ongar Essex CM4 0JX
Received 14 Apr 202214 Luctons Avenue Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5SG
Received 14 Apr 20225 Patrick Grove Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1JW
Received 14 Apr 202232 Lushes Road Loughton Essex IG10 3QB
Received 14 Apr 2022Bank Of England Printing Works Langston Road Loughton Essex IG10 3TN
Received 14 Apr 20224 Vicarage Lane North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6ET
Received 14 Apr 20222 Ripley View Loughton Essex IG10 2PB
Received 15 Apr 202251 Algers Road Loughton Essex IG10 4NF
Received 18 Apr 202232 Oakwood Hill Loughton Essex IG10 3EW
Received 18 Apr 202217 Allmains Close Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2LX
Received 18 Apr 2022Buckhurst Court Albert Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6BD
Received 18 Apr 20222 Garden Way Loughton Essex IG10 2SF
Received 18 Apr 20225 Lower Bury Lane Epping Essex CM16 5HA
Received 19 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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