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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.
20,023 approved · 5,145 refused · 1,325 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36, Ibbetson Path, Loughton, IG10 2AS
Received 19 Sept 202255, Pancroft, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1BX
Received 20 Sept 20221, Audleigh Place, Chigwell, IG7 5QT
Received 20 Sept 2022Riverside Cottage, Roding Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6BH
Received 20 Sept 202222, Lindsey Street, Epping, CM16 6RB
Received 20 Sept 2022Conifers, Avenue Road, Roydon, Harlow, EN11 0BA
Received 20 Sept 202262, Colson Road, Loughton, IG10 3RJ
Received 20 Sept 20224 Paslow Hall Cottages, King Street, High Ongar, Ongar, CM5 9NP
Received 20 Sept 2022241 Chester Road, Loughton, IG10 2LL
Received 16 Sept 2022J And W Fencing Ltd, Pecks Hill, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2NY
Received 20 Sept 2022Forest Cottage, High Road, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6LP
Received 20 Sept 20223, Betts Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2DA
Received 20 Sept 2022Bumblebee Barn, Woodend Lane, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0NU
Received 20 Sept 202242 Chigwell Grange, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BF
Received 20 Sept 2022Epping Forest Campus, Borders Lane, Loughton, IG10 3SA
Received 21 Sept 2022Grove Cottage, Grove Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6JD
Received 21 Sept 2022133, Chigwell School, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6QF
Received 21 Sept 2022Epping Forest College, Borders Lane, Loughton, IG10 3SA
Received 21 Sept 20228, The Heights, Loughton, IG10 1RN
Received 21 Sept 2022Greenacres, Hamlet Hill, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5LD
Received 21 Sept 202236 Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1EJ
Received 20 Sept 202236, Colebrook Lane, Loughton, IG10 2HJ
Received 21 Sept 2022Moena, Ongar Road, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0RB
Received 21 Sept 2022Warlies Gardens, Horseshoe Hill, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3SL
Received 22 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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