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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.
18,564 approved · 4,890 refused · 1,186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodside Barn, Paynes Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2EY
Received 8 Jul 2022The Drive, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1EJ
Received 8 Jul 2022Denby, Hamlet Hill, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5JU
Received 8 Jul 202226, Hillyfields, Loughton, IG10 2JS
Received 8 Jul 20228 Brook Lodge, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9JX
Received 8 Jul 2022154, Princes Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5DJ
Received 8 Jul 2022Land at Back Lane / Rear of 53 Queens Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6DN
Received 8 Jul 2022Land north of Heathlands, Willingale Road, High Ongar, Ongar, CM5 0QH
Received 8 Jul 2022Thornwood Common Service Station, High Road, Thornwood Common, Epping, CM16 6LX
Received 8 Jul 2022Mickleham, Theydon Road, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 4EE
Received 11 Jul 202231, Prospect House, Old Nazeing Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN10 6RU
Received 11 Jul 2022154, Princes Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5DJ
Received 11 Jul 20227, Nafferton Rise, Loughton, IG10 1UB
Received 11 Jul 20227, Nafferton Rise, Loughton, IG10 1UB
Received 11 Jul 2022Charwood, The Street, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7LY
Received 11 Jul 20222, Rochford Green, Loughton, IG10 2BT
Received 11 Jul 202268, High Street, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EA
Received 11 Jul 202248, Forest Lane, Chigwell, IG7 5AE
Received 11 Jul 2022Library, Hainault Road, Chigwell, IG7 6QX
Received 8 Jul 2022The Elms, Bournebridge Lane, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1LU
Received 11 Jul 202233, Primley Lane, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7NH
Received 11 Jul 20221, Audleigh Place, Chigwell, IG7 5QT
Received 11 Jul 2022151, Old Nazeing Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN10 6QU
Received 11 Jul 202241, Oak Lodge Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5JA
Received 11 Jul 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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