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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.
19,663 approved · 5,089 refused · 1,288 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Warslin Lea, 32A Hartland Road, Epping, CM16 4PE
Received 2 Sept 2022Epping Forest Campus, Borders Lane, Loughton, IG10 3SA
Received 2 Sept 2022237-243, High Street, Epping, CM16 4BP
Received 2 Sept 202257, Grange Crescent, Chigwell, IG7 5JD
Received 2 Sept 2022Site at Bansons Lane, Bansons Lane, Ongar, CM5 9AR
Received 2 Sept 2022Tallis House, Neal Court, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3EH
Received 25 Aug 2022Mon Repos, Chelmsford Road, High Ongar, Ongar, CM4 0LP
Received 5 Sept 202239, Orchard Gardens, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1RS
Received 5 Sept 2022Garden Centre, Crown Hill, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3TF
Received 5 Sept 202224 Maple Springs, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3LL
Received 5 Sept 2022Stone Cottage, Little Laver Road, Little Laver, Harlow, CM17 0RH
Received 5 Sept 202253 and 55 Coopers Hill, Ongar, CM5 9EF
Received 5 Sept 202227, Allmains Close, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2LX
Received 5 Sept 20225 Church Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1DX
Received 6 Sept 2022Middle Barn, Holyfield Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2ED
Received 6 Sept 2022Spencers Farm, Oak Hill Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1JH
Received 6 Sept 2022September Lodge, Potash Road, Matching Green, Harlow, CM17 0QF
Received 5 Sept 202214, York Hill, Loughton, IG10 1RL
Received 6 Sept 2022Meadow View, High Street, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EA
Received 6 Sept 202226 Ely Place, Chigwell, IG8 8AG
Received 6 Sept 2022Middle Barn, Holyfield Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2ED
Received 6 Sept 20227, Brook Way, Chigwell, IG7 6AA
Received 6 Sept 2022Stapleford Abbotts County Primary School, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1EJ
Received 7 Sept 2022Land to the North of Heathlands, Willingale Road, Norton Heath, Ongar, CM4 0LW
Received 7 Sept 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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