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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.
16,650 approved · 4,586 refused · 1,052 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plough Green Epping Road Roydon Harlow Essex CM19 5HW
Received 25 Apr 2022Cedar Lodge Mott Street Waltham Abbey Essex E4 7RW
Received 25 Apr 2022Land Between Ashdene And The Heve Theydon Park Road Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7LS
Received 26 Apr 20221 Hermitage Cottages High Street Ongar CM5 9AB
Received 25 Apr 2022Ty Newyd Old House Lane Roydon Harlow Essex CM19 5DH
Received 25 Apr 2022Church Farm Church Lane Ongar Essex CM5 9LD
Received 27 Apr 2022227 High Street Epping Essex CM16 4BP
Received 25 Apr 2022127 High Road Loughton Essex IG10 4LT
Received 27 Apr 2022148 River Way Loughton Essex IG10 3LL
Received 27 Apr 202296 Princes Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5DZ
Received 27 Apr 20221 The Weind Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7HP
Received 27 Apr 20226 Broadhurst Gardens Chigwell IG7 5HE
Received 28 Apr 202224 Western Avenue Epping Essex CM16 4JS
Received 28 Apr 2022Sakins 142 High Street Roydon Harlow Essex CM19 5EF
Received 28 Apr 2022Belcarres Chapel Lane Chigwell Essex IG7 6JJ
Received 28 Apr 2022125 High Street Epping CM16 4BD
Received 28 Apr 2022236 High Road Loughton Essex IG10 1RB
Received 28 Apr 202256 The Crescent Loughton Essex IG10 4PU
Received 28 Apr 2022Willow Lodge Church Road Loughton Essex IG10 4AJ
Received 28 Apr 2022Duke Of Wellington Public House 36 High Street Epping Essex CM16 4AE
Received 28 Apr 202251 High Road Loughton Essex IG10 4JE
Received 28 Apr 20225 Heron Close Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5TP
Received 28 Apr 202224 Queens Road North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6JE
Received 28 Apr 202210 Highfield Close Foster Street Harlow Hastingwood CM17 9UQ
Received 28 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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