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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.
19,853 approved · 5,119 refused · 1,305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sparlings, Epping Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2DH
Received 13 Sept 202211, Hemnall Street, Epping, CM16 4LS
Received 13 Sept 2022323 Civic Offices, Epping Forest District Council, High Street, Epping, CM16 4BZ
Received 13 Sept 2022323 Civic Offices, Epping Forest District Council, High Street, Epping, CM16 4BZ
Received 13 Sept 2022The Depot, Anchor Lane, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0JR
Received 13 Sept 202242 Great Stony Park, High Street, Ongar, CM5 0TH
Received 13 Sept 202245 Great Stony Park, High Street, Ongar, CM5 0TH
Received 13 Sept 202231, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9LF
Received 13 Sept 2022Hobbs Cross Business Centre, Unit 16b, Hobbs Cross Road, Theydon Garnon, Epping, CM16 7NY
Received 13 Sept 2022250, High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6EF
Received 13 Sept 202215, Hartwood, Hartland Road, Epping, CM16 4PH
Received 13 Sept 202215, Hartwood, Hartland Road, Epping, CM16 4PH
Received 13 Sept 2022Camps Farm, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RG
Received 14 Sept 2022Camps Farm, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RG
Received 14 Sept 202210, Lynceley Grange, Epping, CM16 6RA
Received 14 Sept 2022The Matching Laundry, Harlow Road, Matching Tye, Harlow, CM17 0PD
Received 14 Sept 2022J And W Fencing Ltd, Pecks Hill, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2NY
Received 14 Sept 2022Longbarns Cottage, School Lane, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0NX
Received 14 Sept 2022Camps Farm, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RG
Received 14 Sept 202229, St Marys Way, Chigwell, IG7 5BX
Received 14 Sept 202215, Woodland Road, Loughton, IG10 1HQ
Received 14 Sept 202215, Woodland Road, Loughton, IG10 1HQ
Received 14 Sept 2022Front Site, Former Grange Farm, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6DR
Received 14 Sept 20222, Curtis Mill Lane, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1HS
Received 14 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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