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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.
18,905 approved · 4,961 refused · 1,219 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rooftop at Epping Tower , 33 High Street , Epping , CM16 4LY
Received 21 Jul 20225, Tomswood Road, Chigwell, IG7 5QP
Received 21 Jul 2022Maltings Farm, Maltings Hill, Moreton, Ongar, CM5 0JY
Received 21 Jul 2022Maltings Farm, Maltings Hill, Moreton, Ongar, CM5 0JY
Received 21 Jul 20224, Chigwell Lane, Loughton, IG10 3RW
Received 21 Jul 2022Rooftop at Epping Tower , 33 High Street , Epping , CM16 4LY
Received 21 Jul 202216 Devon Close, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5LF
Received 21 Jul 202222 Murrells Farm, The Stables, London Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9QE
Received 22 Jul 2022Hoppit, The Street, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7LR
Received 22 Jul 202252 Ollards Grove, Loughton, IG10 4DW
Received 21 Jul 2022Oakwood, 6 Glenside, Chigwell, IG7 5RE
Received 22 Jul 202216, Stanmore Way, Loughton, IG10 2SA
Received 25 Jul 202280, The Plain, Epping, CM16 6TW
Received 25 Jul 202235, Ely Place, Chigwell, IG8 8AG
Received 25 Jul 2022The Elms, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RB
Received 25 Jul 202211A, St Johns Road, Epping, CM16 5DN
Received 25 Jul 2022Hoppit, The Street, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7LR
Received 25 Jul 2022Hoppit, The Street, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7LR
Received 25 Jul 2022Little Hardings, Toot Hill Road, Ongar, CM5 9LQ
Received 26 Jul 202241, St James Avenue, Ongar, CM5 9EL
Received 26 Jul 202283, Tycehurst Hill, Loughton, IG10 1BZ
Received 26 Jul 2022Former Ongar Surgery, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9AA
Received 26 Jul 202221a Roydon Lodge Chalet Estate, High Street, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EF
Received 26 Jul 202288, Dukes Avenue, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7HF
Received 26 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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