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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.
18,128 approved · 4,814 refused · 1,145 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Four Elms, Mutton Row, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9QQ
Received 10 Jun 20222 Stradbroke Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5QX
Received 10 Jun 202266 Does Farm, Epping Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9SQ
Received 10 Jun 202212 High Elms, Chigwell, IG7 6NF
Received 10 Jun 202222 Purlieu Way, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7ED
Received 11 Jun 2022Little Acre Farm, Norton Mandeville, Norton Lane, High Ongar, Ongar, CM4 0LN
Received 12 Jun 20221-6 River View, The Mead, Nazeing New Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN10 6SS
Received 10 Jun 2022105 Manor Road, Chigwell, IG7 5PN
Received 13 Jun 2022Spinney Mead Farmhouse, Mill Lane, High Ongar, Ongar, CM5 9RQ
Received 10 Jun 202259 Sheering Mill Lane, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9LW
Received 10 Jun 2022Priors, 7 Rowans Way, Loughton, IG10 1TZ
Received 11 Jun 2022Adjacent to 69-92 The Bowls, Chigwell, IG7 6NB
Received 13 Jun 202228 Fallow Fields, Loughton, IG10 4QP
Received 13 Jun 20225 Beamish Close, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6JN
Received 14 Jun 202259 Longfields, Ongar, CM5 9DE
Received 14 Jun 202263 Greensted Road, Loughton, IG10 3DJ
Received 14 Jun 2022Tilegate Farm, Tilegate Road, Magdalen Laver, Ongar, CM5 0EA
Received 14 Jun 202232 Middle Boy, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1DT
Received 14 Jun 20224 Highfield, Beechview Drive, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3UB
Received 14 Jun 2022Roffey Hall Farm, Hobbs Cross Road, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0NS
Received 14 Jun 20227 Homefields, Church Lane, Matching Tye, Harlow, CM17 0QT
Received 14 Jun 2022Preceptors House, Coppice Row, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7DN
Received 14 Jun 20227 Princes Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5EE
Received 15 Jun 20227 Princes Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5EE
Received 15 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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