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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.
16,518 approved · 4,568 refused · 1,043 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
74 Lechmere Avenue Chigwell IG7 5EU
Received 19 Apr 2022New Barns Farm Epping Road Roydon Harlow CM19 5DB
Received 19 Apr 2022Kingsmead, Epping Road, Roydon, Harlow CM19 5HU
Received 19 Apr 2022Nether Hall Church Road Moreton Ongar Essex CM5 0JA
Received 19 Apr 20222 PRINCES ROAD BUCKHURST HILL IG9 5EG
Received 19 Apr 2022Land and Garages accessed to the rear of 82 Alderton Hall Lane and to the rear of 139 Chequers Road Bushfields Loughton Essex IG10 3JR
Received 19 Apr 202233 Fontayne Avenue Chigwell IG7 5HD
Received 19 Apr 2022Stoneshot Farm Hoe Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2RN
Received 19 Apr 202219 Manor Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5PF
Received 19 Apr 202275 Fyfield Road Ongar CM5 0AL
Received 19 Apr 20221 Leaview Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1BJ
Received 19 Apr 20222 Turners Court Lambourne Romford RM4 1UQ
Received 19 Apr 202238 Honey Lane Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3BS
Received 19 Apr 202238 Honey Lane Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3BS
Received 19 Apr 2022Belmont 2 Stanmore Way Loughton IG10 2SA
Received 19 Apr 202227 Plantaganet Place Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1BF
Received 19 Apr 2022Land and Garages Denny Avenue Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1NS
Received 20 Apr 2022Land and garages Kirby Close Loughton Essex IG10 3BA
Received 20 Apr 20223 The Gladeway Waltham Abbey EN9 1LL
Received 20 Apr 202247 Harwater Drive Loughton IG10 1LP
Received 20 Apr 202254 Monkswood Avenue Waltham Abbey EN9 1LD
Received 20 Apr 202246 Mayflower Way Ongar CM5 9BA
Received 20 Apr 2022Sumners Farm Epping Road Epping Upland Epping Essex CM16 6PX
Received 20 Apr 202280 The Plashets Sheering Harlow Essex CM22 7NL
Received 20 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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