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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.
19,784 approved · 5,109 refused · 1,298 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Central House, 265 High Street, Ongar, CM5 9AA
Received 9 Sept 202213, Wellfields, Loughton, IG10 1PB
Received 9 Sept 202218, Bowes Drive, Ongar, CM5 9AU
Received 9 Sept 202218, Bowes Drive, Ongar, CM5 9AU
Received 9 Sept 2022Pen Y Dre, Riverside Avenue, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN10 6RD
Received 9 Sept 2022Pen Y Dre, Riverside Avenue, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN10 6RD
Received 9 Sept 2022Gladdens Farm, Tawney Common, Epping CM16 7PX
Received 9 Sept 202219, High Road, Loughton, IG10 4JJ
Received 9 Sept 202232A, Warslin Lea, Hartland Road, Epping, CM16 4PE
Received 12 Sept 2022Leabank Meadgate And Hilside Nurseries, Sedge Green, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5JS
Received 12 Sept 20225, Western Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2QN
Received 12 Sept 20227, Upper Swaines, Epping, CM16 5EP
Received 12 Sept 202246, Station Road, Epping, CM16 4HN
Received 12 Sept 2022Pickerells Farm, Dunmow Road, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0NP
Received 12 Sept 2022Land adjacent to Maybanks Farm, Ongar CM5 9SQ
Received 12 Sept 2022Ark Royal, Carters Green, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0NX
Received 12 Sept 2022The Depot, Anchor Lane, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0JR
Received 12 Sept 202228, Torrington Gardens, Loughton, IG10 3TB
Received 12 Sept 202220, Dukes Avenue, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7HE
Received 12 Sept 2022Cozens Farm, Chelmsford Road, High Ongar, Ongar, CM5 9NX
Received 13 Sept 202222, Stradbroke Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5QY
Received 13 Sept 20222, Wheelers, Epping, CM16 5AL
Received 13 Sept 2022Garage Block, Pentlow Way, Buckhurst Hill IG9 6BZ
Received 13 Sept 2022Debden House, Debden Green, Loughton, IG10 2NZ
Received 13 Sept 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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