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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.
20,263 approved · 5,181 refused · 1,340 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1, Farm Hill Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1NE
Received 30 Sept 20228, Stanmore Way, Loughton, IG10 2SA
Received 30 Sept 2022The Round House, Matching Tye Road, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0RR
Received 30 Sept 2022Maltings Farm, Maltings Hill, Moreton, Ongar, CM5 0JY
Received 30 Sept 2022Brook Cottage, Mutton Row, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9QQ
Received 30 Sept 202233, Lee Grove, Chigwell, IG7 6AD
Received 30 Sept 2022Tesco Stores Limited, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1JH
Received 30 Sept 202222, Lindsey Street, Epping, CM16 6RB
Received 20 Sept 2022Marles Stud, Epping Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PF
Received 30 Sept 202253, Algers Road, Loughton, IG10 4NF
Received 30 Sept 202253, Algers Road, Loughton, IG10 4NF
Received 30 Sept 202276, Smarts Lane, Loughton, IG10 4BS
Received 30 Sept 2022Brick Lock Cottage, Glen Faba Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EW
Received 30 Sept 202276, Smarts Lane, Loughton, IG10 4BS
Received 30 Sept 202252 Morgan Crescent Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7DX
Received 30 Sept 2021Butchers Farm, Bournebridge Lane, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1LT
Received 3 Oct 2022Homecherry House, 86 High Road, Loughton, IG10 4QU
Received 3 Oct 2022Millbank, School Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PU
Received 26 Sept 2022Summer House, Hamlet Hill, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5LA
Received 3 Oct 20228, Alderton Hall Lane, Loughton, IG10 3HJ
Received 3 Oct 2022Land lying to the south of Coppice Row, Theydon Bois, CM16 7DR
Received 3 Oct 2022Land On The East Side Opposite Tatsfield Avenue, St Leonards Road
Received 3 Oct 2022Sumners Farm, Epping Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PX
Received 3 Oct 202277, York Hill, Loughton, IG10 1HZ
Received 4 Oct 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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