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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.
20,231 approved · 5,178 refused · 1,338 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Low Hill Nursery, Sedge Green, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, CM19 5JS
Received 28 Sept 20229 Revival Court, Half Moon Lane, Epping, CM16 4AH
Received 28 Sept 202246, Highland Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2PU
Received 28 Sept 202220, Brook Way, Chigwell, IG7 6AW
Received 28 Sept 20221, Connaught Hill, Loughton, IG10 4DU
Received 28 Sept 2022Police House, Oak Hill Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1JL
Received 28 Sept 2022Saint Mary The Virgin Church, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6QQ
Received 29 Sept 202230A, Manor Road, Chigwell, IG7 5PD
Received 29 Sept 20227, Boxted Close, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6BX
Received 29 Sept 2022Dolphins, Eldon Road, Roydon, Harlow, EN11 0BH
Received 29 Sept 202238, Forest Lane, Chigwell, IG7 5AE
Received 29 Sept 2022Garden Centre, Crown Hill, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3TF
Received 29 Sept 2022Former MOD Site, Roding Lane, Chigwell
Received 29 Sept 2022158, Queens Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5BD
Received 29 Sept 2022Toot Hill Golf Club, School Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PU
Received 29 Sept 2022Toot Hill Golf Club, School Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PU
Received 29 Sept 2022Woodside, Bury Road, Waltham Abbey, E4 7QL
Received 29 Sept 2022Waltham Abbey Library, 37 Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1EL
Received 29 Sept 2022Buckhurst Hill Library, 165 Queens Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5AZ
Received 29 Sept 202235, Algers Road, Loughton, IG10 4NG
Received 29 Sept 202225, Traps Hill, Loughton, IG10 1SZ
Received 29 Sept 2022Oakfields, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1EJ
Received 29 Sept 2022Loughton Central Library, Traps Hill, Loughton, IG10 1HD
Received 29 Sept 202256, Roebuck Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5QX
Received 30 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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