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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.
18,468 approved · 4,879 refused · 1,179 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pollards, High Ongar Road, Ongar, CM5 9LZ
Received 4 Jul 202228, Springfield Close, Ongar, CM5 0BB
Received 4 Jul 202228, Forest Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5BP
Received 4 Jul 202247, Fairfield Road, Epping, CM16 6ST
Received 4 Jul 202237, Chester Road, Chigwell, IG7 6AH
Received 4 Jul 20228, Hainault Grove, Chigwell, IG7 5DJ
Received 4 Jul 202260, Rayfield, Epping, CM16 5AH
Received 4 Jul 202276 & 78 Back Lane, Lower Sheering, Sawbridgeworth, Essex, CM22 7NG
Received 4 Jul 202247, Harwater Drive, Loughton, IG10 1LP
Received 4 Jul 20221, Langston Road, Loughton, IG10 3SD
Received 4 Jul 2022Bansons Yard, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9AA
Received 4 Jul 2022Existing surface level car park , Cottis Lane Car Park, Cottis Lane , Epping , CM16 5LL
Received 4 Jul 2022Linfield, 272 Nine Ashes Road, High Ongar, Ongar, Ingatestone, CM4 0JZ
Received 16 Jun 202215, Parks Manor, Station Road, Chigwell, IG7 6QT
Received 5 Jul 202210, Brook Way, Chigwell, IG7 6AA
Received 5 Jul 2022Frayes Chase, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0JX
Received 7 Jun 202223 Sunnyside Road, Epping, CM16 4JW
Received 9 Jun 2022Nazeing Primary School, Hyde Mead, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2HS
Received 1 Jul 2022Mill Corner, Roydon Mill Caravan Park Access Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EJ
Received 5 Jul 2022Creeds Farm, Bury Lane, Epping, CM16 5HE
Received 17 Jun 2022Didgemere Hall, Low Hill Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5JN
Received 20 Jun 202265A, Princes Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5DZ
Received 5 Jul 202241 Rose Cottage, Bell Common, Epping, CM16 4DY
Received 13 Jun 202279, Whitehills Road, Loughton, IG10 1TU
Received 5 Jul 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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