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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.
17,393 approved · 4,695 refused · 1,097 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
128 A Princes Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5DS
Received 12 May 2022Saint Johns RC Special School Turpins Lane Chigwell Essex IG8 8AX
Received 12 May 202250 Bridge Hill Epping Essex CM16 4ER
Received 12 May 2022Paradise Farm Hamlet Hill Roydon Harlow Essex CM19 5JZ
Received 12 May 2022The Crown Inn The Street Sheering Harlow Essex CM22 7LZ
Received 12 May 2022Ridge Farm End Waltham Abbey Essex E4 7QS
Received 12 May 202239 Roding Lane Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6BJ
Received 12 May 202230 St Johns Road Epping Essex CM16 5DP
Received 12 May 2022Land adjacent to Maybanks Farm Ongar Toot Hill CM5 9SQ
Received 12 May 20221 Cherston Road Loughton Essex IG10 3PJ
Received 12 May 20224 Bansons Mews High Street Ongar Essex CM5 9FA
Received 12 May 202217 Habgood Road Loughton IG10 1HF
Received 12 May 2022Wain Coppice Row Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7ER
Received 13 May 202227 Allmains Close Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2LX
Received 13 May 2022The Poplars Middle Street Nazeing Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 2LW
Received 16 May 2022Rundells Lodge London Road Hastingwood Harlow Essex CM17 9LH
Received 16 May 2022Land At The Rear Of The White Bear P.h. 149 London Road Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9QF
Received 16 May 2022Sports Field Houchin Drive Fyfield Ongar Essex CM5 0RG
Received 25 May 2022Garden Centre Crown Hill Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3TF
Received 25 May 2022Garden Centre Crown Hill Waltham Abbey EN9 3TF
Received 25 May 2022Metropolitan Police Maintenance Service Way Chigwell IG7 6BL
Received 26 May 2022Police Station 158 High Road Loughton IG10 4BE
Received 26 May 2022Land Adjoining 33 Maypole Drive Chigwell Essex IG7 6DE
Received 25 May 202231 Lechmere Avenue Chigwell IG7 5HA
Received 25 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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