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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.
21,700 approved · 5,449 refused · 1,449 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4, The Shrubberies, Chigwell, IG7 5DU
Received 13 Dec 202214, Hornbeam Close, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7JT
Received 13 Dec 2022Kings Court, Kings Avenue, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5LU
Received 13 Dec 2022Kings Court, Kings Avenue, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5LU
Received 13 Dec 2022Barnfield, Church Lane, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7NR
Received 13 Dec 202211, Purlieu House, Station Road, Epping, CM16 4HA
Received 13 Dec 202253, Palace Gardens, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5PQ
Received 13 Dec 2022Birch Hall Farm, Coppice Row, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7DR
Received 13 Dec 202272, High Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5RP
Received 13 Dec 2022Land adjacent to The Campus & Borders Crescent, Loughton, IG10 3QU
Received 14 Dec 202210, Pump Hill, Loughton, IG10 1RU
Received 14 Dec 202283, Old Nazeing Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN10 6RN
Received 14 Dec 202233, High Meadows, Chigwell, IG7 5JY
Received 14 Dec 2022109, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9LQ
Received 14 Dec 20228 Glebelands, Chigwell, IG7 4QG
Received 14 Dec 2022Shonks Farm, Mill Street, Hastingwood, Harlow, CM17 9JQ
Received 14 Dec 2022Arnolds Farm Business Centre, 221 Ongar Road, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1RH
Received 14 Dec 202212, Englands Lane, Loughton, IG10 2QQ
Received 14 Dec 2022120 & 122 Valley Hill, Loughton, IG10 3AU
Received 14 Dec 2022Hillside, Vicarage Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6LZ
Received 14 Dec 2022Total Waste Management, Woodside, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6LF
Received 15 Dec 2022Land adjacent to The Campus & Borders Crescent, Loughton, IG10 3QU
Received 14 Dec 2022Land At The Rear Of The White Bear P.h. 149, London Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9QF
Received 15 Dec 202256, Roebuck Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5QX
Received 15 Dec 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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