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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.
20,421 approved · 5,208 refused · 1,357 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Spencers Farm, Oak Hill Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1JH
Received 12 Oct 2022Spencers Farm, Oak Hill Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1JH
Received 12 Oct 202231, Forest Lane, Chigwell, IG7 5AF
Received 12 Oct 202252A, The Plain, Epping, CM16 6TL
Received 12 Oct 2022Chipping Ongar Library, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9AB
Received 12 Oct 2022New Junction 7A, Gilden Way and Sheering Road public highways and land between Sheering Road and M11 Motorway
Received 11 Oct 202244, Oak Lodge Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5HZ
Received 12 Oct 2022Black Hall, Bridge Road, Moreton, Ongar, CM5 0LJ
Received 12 Oct 202268, Princes Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5DZ
Received 12 Oct 20226, Harriescourt, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3NS
Received 12 Oct 2022Rolls Farm Barns, Hastingwood Road, Magdalen Laver, Ongar, CM5 0EN
Received 12 Oct 2022The Briars, Old House Lane, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5DN
Received 12 Oct 20229, Bracken Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5RG
Received 13 Oct 2022Maltings Farm, Maltings Hill, Moreton, Ongar, CM5 0JY
Received 13 Oct 202249, Beamish Close, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6JW
Received 13 Oct 202221, Lindsey Street, Epping, CM16 6RB
Received 13 Oct 2022Bank Of England Printing Works, Langston Road, Loughton, IG10 3TN
Received 13 Oct 2022Stoneshot Farm, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RN
Received 13 Oct 202217, Bracken Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5RG
Received 13 Oct 2022Springfield Cottage, Hamlet Hill, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5LD
Received 13 Oct 2022Roding Valley High School, Alderton Hill, Loughton, IG10 3JA
Received 14 Oct 20222, Murtwell Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5ED
Received 14 Oct 2022154, Princes Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5DJ
Received 14 Oct 202298, Manor Road, Chigwell, IG7 5PQ
Received 14 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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