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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.
17,941 approved · 4,774 refused · 1,129 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Institute Road Coopersale Epping CM16 7QY
Received 7 Oct 2021Land Rear Of 40 Mount Pleasant Road Chigwell IG7 5ER
Received 8 Oct 20215 Nafferton Rise Loughton IG10 1UB
Received 8 Oct 2021Norton Field Farm Norton Lane High Ongar Ongar CM4 0LN
Received 8 Oct 202155 Abbotts Drive Waltham Abbey EN9 3HH
Received 8 Oct 2021Wings Sedge Green Roydon Harlow CM19 5JR
Received 11 Oct 202116 Dacre Gardens Chigwell IG7 5HG
Received 11 Oct 2021Nether Kidders Farm Laundry Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2DY
Received 11 Oct 202166 Meadow Road Loughton IG10 4HX
Received 11 Oct 2021Consort House, 49 Forest View Road, Loughton, IG10 4DY
Received 27 May 202258 Hanson Drive, Loughton, IG10 2EA
Received 27 May 2022New Barns Farm, Roding Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6BJ
Received 27 May 20224A Westbury Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5PL
Received 30 May 2022Galley Wood House, Galleyhill Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2BJ
Received 30 May 20229 Pick Hill, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3LB
Received 30 May 202235 Forest Road, Loughton, IG10 1EE
Received 30 May 202220 Goldings Rise, Loughton, IG10 2QP
Received 30 May 202246 Spring Grove, Loughton, IG10 4QD
Received 30 May 202224 The Four Acres, Sheering, Harlow, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9LJ
Received 30 May 202235 Forest Road, Loughton, IG10 1EE
Received 10 Jun 2022Blewgates Farm Rookery Road, High Ongar, Ingatestone, CM4 0LG
Received 6 Jun 202241 Dukes Avenue, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7HQ
Received 31 May 2022Abel and Cole Ashlyns Farm, High Laver Hall, High Laver Hill, Ongar, CM5 0DU
Received 1 Jun 20224 Woodbrook Gardens, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3DA
Received 9 Jun 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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