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.
16,543 approved · 4,571 refused · 1,046 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Ormonde Rise Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5QQ
Received 20 Apr 202256 High Road Loughton Essex IG10 4QU
Received 20 Apr 20228 Foxwood Chase Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3YW
Received 20 Apr 2022Kings Cottage Silver Street Lambourne Romford Essex RM4 1YA
Received 20 Apr 20224 Woodberry Down Epping CM16 6RJ
Received 20 Apr 202222 Cripsey Avenue Ongar CM5 0AT
Received 21 Apr 20228 Garden Way Loughton Essex IG10 2SF
Received 21 Apr 202215 New Farm Drive Lambourne Romford RM4 1BT
Received 21 Apr 2022Hubbards Betts Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2DA
Received 21 Apr 202233 Lechmere Avenue Chigwell Essex IG7 5HA
Received 21 Apr 2022Sunnyside Pt Os 956 Kents Lane North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6AX
Received 21 Apr 2022Meadow View Abbess Road Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding Ongar Essex CM5 0JJ
Received 21 Apr 20227 Meadow Way Chigwell Essex IG7 6LP
Received 21 Apr 2022187 Lindsey Street Epping Essex CM16 6RF
Received 22 Apr 2022105 Turpins Lane Chigwell Essex IG8 8BA
Received 25 Apr 20224 Roding Gardens Loughton Essex IG10 3NH
Received 22 Apr 2022St Thomas's Church Horseshoe Hill Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3SN
Received 22 Apr 2022Orchard Lodge Hatfield Heath Road Sawbridgeworth CM21 9HX
Received 25 Apr 2022Landscapes 29 Woodbury Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1JF
Received 22 Apr 20221-4 Ayletts Cottages The Street Willingale Ongar Essex CM5 0SJ
Received 22 Apr 20226 Crooked Mile Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1PS
Received 22 Apr 202266 Newmans Lane Loughton IG10 1TH
Received 25 Apr 20222 Moreton Gate Pedlars End Moreton Ongar Essex CM5 0GP
Received 25 Apr 202217 London Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9PH
Received 25 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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