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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.
21,959 approved · 5,493 refused · 1,467 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Shonks Farm, Mill Street, Hastingwood, Harlow, CM17 9JQ
Received 23 Dec 202256, Monkswood Avenue, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1LD
Received 23 Dec 2022Fickle Field, Norton Lane, High Ongar, Ongar, CM4 0LN
Received 23 Dec 2022Butt Hatch Farm, Dunmow Road, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0NT
Received 23 Dec 202211A - 77A flats, The Broadway, Loughton, IG10 3SX
Received 23 Dec 202220 -82 Flats, The Broadway, Loughton, IG10 3ST
Received 23 Dec 2022Area within Limes Avenue & Copperfield Estate
Received 23 Dec 202215, Highland Avenue, Loughton, IG10 3AJ
Received 23 Dec 2022Crabtree Hill, Birds Cottage, Manor Road, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1ND
Received 26 Dec 202254, Station Way, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6LL
Received 26 Dec 202218, Kenilworth Gardens, Loughton, IG10 3AG
Received 26 Dec 2022105, Upshire Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3PB
Received 26 Dec 20228, Kimpton Close, Ongar, CM5 0BQ
Received 26 Dec 20229, Farm Way, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5AH
Received 26 Dec 202240, Chigwell Rise, Chigwell, IG7 6AG
Received 26 Dec 202235, Lower Park Road, Loughton, IG10 4NB
Received 26 Dec 202232, Alderton Hill, Loughton, IG10 3JB
Received 27 Dec 202253, Bowes Drive, Ongar, CM5 9AX
Received 28 Dec 2022San Segal, Farm End, Waltham Abbey, E4 7QS
Received 28 Dec 2022Pickerells, Dunmow Road, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0NP
Received 28 Dec 2022254, Chester Road, Loughton, IG10 2LR
Received 30 Dec 202216, Dickens Rise, Chigwell, IG7 6PA
Received 30 Dec 2022Stapleford Abbotts County Primary School, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1EJ
Received 2 Jan 202337, Chester Road, Chigwell, IG7 6AH
Received 2 Jan 2023Records 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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