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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.
17,082 approved · 4,657 refused · 1,081 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Manor Farm Mott Street Waltham Abbey IG10 4AP
Received 23 Feb 2021191 Queens Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5AZ
Received 24 Feb 2021Knolls Hill Farm Bournebridge Lane Stapleford Abbotts Romford Stapleford Abbotts RM4 1LU
Received 24 Feb 2021The Edge 7 Ongar Road Lambourne Romford RM4 1UB
Received 24 Feb 202146 Pyrles Lane Loughton IG10 2NN
Received 24 Feb 2021Hilltop Barn Toot Hill Road Ongar CM5 9LJ
Received 24 Feb 2021The Old Rectory High Street Ongar CM5 9AD
Received 24 Feb 20212 Linkside Chigwell IG7 5DN
Received 24 Feb 2021Little End Hoe Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2RJ
Received 24 Feb 2021Byron House 175 High Road Chigwell IG7 6PS
Received 24 Feb 2021Spindrift Bournebridge Lane Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1LT
Received 24 Feb 202124 Heath Drive Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7HL
Received 24 Feb 2021Hilltop Barn Toot Hill Road Ongar CM5 9LJ
Received 24 Feb 2021The Old Rectory High Street Ongar CM5 9AD
Received 25 Feb 202193 Sunnyside Road Epping CM16 4JN
Received 25 Feb 202116 Hill Road Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7LX
Received 25 Feb 2021Soundings Rats Lane Loughton IG10 4AQ
Received 25 Feb 20211 Goldings Rise Loughton IG10 2QP
Received 25 Feb 2021Glyfada 14 A Kendal Avenue Epping CM16 4PW
Received 25 Feb 202197 Staples Road Loughton IG10 1HR
Received 25 Feb 2021Envilles Farm (Black Barn) Little Laver Ongar CM5 0JH
Received 25 Feb 20218 Stanmore Way Loughton IG10 2SA
Received 26 Feb 202114 Tomswood Road Chigwell IG7 5QS
Received 26 Feb 20217 The Spinney Ongar CM5 9HP
Received 1 Mar 2021Records 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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