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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.
18,602 approved · 4,900 refused · 1,188 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oakfields, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1EJ
Received 12 Jul 2022Winston Farm, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RJ
Received 12 Jul 2022Oakfields, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1EJ
Received 12 Jul 202285, Lindsey Street, Epping, CM16 6RD
Received 12 Jul 202230, Albion Park, Loughton, IG10 4RB
Received 12 Jul 2022Bickerton Court, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9FH
Received 12 Jul 2022Garden Centre, Crown Hill, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3TF
Received 12 Jul 2022Grove House 64 Ongar Road Lambourne Romford RM4 1UJ
Received 12 Jul 2021Currance House, Upland Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6NN
Received 12 Jul 202290 St Johns Road, Epping, CM16 5DP
Received 12 Jul 2022Maltings Farm, Maltings Hill, Moreton, Ongar, CM5 0JY
Received 12 Jul 2022San Segal, Farm End, Waltham Abbey, E4 7QS
Received 12 Jul 2022Land Adjacent to Epping Long Green , Land Adjacent to Epping Long Green , Epping Long Green, Epping , CM16 6PU
Received 12 Jul 2022147, Epping New Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5TZ
Received 13 Jul 2022Woodredon House, Woodredon Farm Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3SX
Received 13 Jul 202224, Forest Drive, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0TP
Received 13 Jul 202264, Cloverly Road, Ongar, CM5 9BY
Received 13 Jul 2022New Barns Farm, Epping Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5DB
Received 24 Jun 2022The Yard 16, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9LF
Received 13 Jul 202277, York Hill, Loughton, IG10 1HZ
Received 13 Jul 202215, Chigwell Park Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5BD
Received 13 Jul 202215, Chigwell Park Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5BD
Received 13 Jul 2022Land to the East of Gravel Lane, Chigwell IG7 6BZ
Received 13 Jul 20226 Chigwell Park Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5BD
Received 12 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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