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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.
17,271 approved · 4,681 refused · 1,091 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Tomswood Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5QW
Received 6 May 2022Town Mead Sports And Social Club Brooker Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1JH
Received 6 May 202279 Baldwins Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1SN
Received 9 May 2022Camelia 75 Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow Essex CM21 9LG
Received 9 May 2022150 Honey Lane Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3BG
Received 9 May 202276 The Lindens Loughton Essex IG10 3HT
Received 9 May 2022Kasmir 3a Elm Cottages Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3QQ
Received 9 May 202210 Highfield Close Foster Street Harlow Hastingwood CM17 9UQ
Received 9 May 20222 Princes Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5EG
Received 9 May 202235 Buxton Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3PR
Received 9 May 20228 Dukes Avenue Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7HE
Received 9 May 2022Kingsview Epping Road Roydon Harlow Essex CM19 5HU
Received 9 May 20226 Chigwell Grange High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6BF
Received 9 May 20227 Nevill Way Loughton Essex IG10 3BG
Received 9 May 202231 Tomswood Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5QR
Received 9 May 202257 Avondale Drive Loughton Essex IG10 3DE
Received 9 May 202266 Manor Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5PG
Received 9 May 2022Garden Centre Crown Hill Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3TF
Received 9 May 2022The Crown Inn The Street Sheering Harlow Essex CM22 7LZ
Received 9 May 202268 High Street Roydon Harlow CM19 5EA
Received 10 May 202245 Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5AE
Received 10 May 202233 Lower Park Road Loughton Essex IG10 4NB
Received 10 May 202220 Theydon Grove Epping Essex CM16 4PY
Received 10 May 202292 Alderton Hall Lane Loughton Essex IG10 3HD
Received 11 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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