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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.
18,307 approved · 4,840 refused · 1,158 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Greensted Road, Ongar, CM5 9LG
Received 23 Jun 2022Netherhouse Farm, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RJ
Received 23 Jun 202248 Dukes Avenue, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7HF
Received 17 Jun 2022288, Southlands, Nine Ashes Road, High Ongar, Ongar, CM4 0LA
Received 23 Jun 20223, Queens Road, Loughton, IG10 1RR
Received 23 Jun 202255, Algers Road, Loughton, IG10 4ND
Received 23 Jun 2022Little Gregories, Little Gregories Lane, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7JP
Received 23 Jun 202215, Roding View, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6AF
Received 23 Jun 20223, Luctons Avenue, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5SG
Received 24 Jun 202214, Knights Walk, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1DR
Received 24 Jun 202282, Anton House, Hoe Lane, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1AU
Received 24 Jun 20221, London Road, Stanford Rivers, CM5 9PH
Received 24 Jun 2022Walnut Barn, Bushes, Wind Hill, Magdalen Laver, Ongar, CM5 0DS
Received 24 Jun 20223 Highview Close, Loughton, IG10 4EG
Received 14 Jun 202210 Church Field, Church Hill, Epping, CM16 4RF
Received 24 Jun 2022The Cot, Tysea Hill, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1JU
Received 24 Jun 2022Walnut Barn, Bushes, Wind Hill, Magdalen Laver, Ongar, CM5 0DS
Received 24 Jun 202227, Millwell Crescent, Chigwell, IG7 5HX
Received 24 Jun 2022Glovers Barn, Glovers Lane, Hastingwood, Essex, CM17 9LA
Received 6 Jun 2022New Barns Farm, Epping Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5DB
Received 24 Jun 2022Former School, Centrepoint Building and Council Depot Land, St Johns Road, Epping, CM16 5JU
Received 24 Jun 202236, Luxford Place, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9JB
Received 24 Jun 2022Garden Centre, Crown Hill, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3TF
Received 24 Jun 202253, Algers Road, Loughton, IG10 4NF
Received 24 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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