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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.
19,241 approved · 5,002 refused · 1,250 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46, Spring Grove, Loughton, IG10 4QD
Received 15 Aug 2022Unit 12, Woodside Industrial Estate, Woodside, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6LJ
Received 15 Aug 2022Pickerells Farm, Dunmow Road, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0NP
Received 15 Aug 202233, Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5HA
Received 15 Aug 20221-6 Shernbroke Road Hostel, Shernbroke Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3JF
Received 15 Aug 202220, Goldings Rise, Loughton, IG10 2QP
Received 15 Aug 2022Site at Upper Floors, Trinity House, Foxes Parade, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1PH
Received 12 Aug 202252 Morgan Crescent, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7DX
Received 13 Aug 20227A, Piercing Hill, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7JN
Received 16 Aug 202298, Westbury Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5PW
Received 16 Aug 20221, 2, 3 and 4 Valley View, Epping Long Green, Epping, CM16 6PU
Received 16 Aug 20225, Chatsworth Mews , RM4 1FD
Received 16 Aug 202218, The Four Acres, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9LJ
Received 16 Aug 2022Hill Farmhouse, The Yard, Hamlet Hill, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5LD
Received 16 Aug 2022Hillhouse C Of E Primary School, Hillhouse, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3EL
Received 16 Aug 2022Hillhouse C Of E Primary School, Hillhouse, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3EL
Received 16 Aug 202226, Newnham Close, Loughton, IG10 4JG
Received 16 Aug 2022The Elms, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RB
Received 16 Aug 202218, Manor Road, Chigwell, IG7 5PD
Received 16 Aug 2022Bank Of England Printing Works, Langston Road, Loughton, IG10 3TN
Received 16 Aug 2022Grainstore adjacent to Hoggs Farm, Carters Green, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0NX
Received 16 Aug 20222, Ripley View, Loughton, IG10 2PB
Received 16 Aug 202229, Bell Common, Epping, CM16 4DY
Received 16 Aug 2022109, North Street, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2NJ
Received 17 Aug 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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