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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.
20,496 approved · 5,219 refused · 1,362 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
113-127, Epping New Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5TZ
Received 14 Oct 20221, St Marys Way, Chigwell, IG7 5BX
Received 14 Oct 2022The Forge, Wellington Hill, Loughton, IG10 4AH
Received 17 Oct 2022Marden Croft, Brentwood Road, Ongar, CM5 9DD
Received 17 Oct 202234, Tempest Mead, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6DY
Received 17 Oct 20225, Augustine Court, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1JJ
Received 17 Oct 2022Norton Fishery, Kingfisher Cottage, Epping Lane, Stapleford Tawney, Romford, RM4 1ST
Received 17 Oct 2022Rear of the footpath adj. to Nazeing Road, Lower Nazeing EN9 2NL
Received 17 Oct 2022East London Scout Council Fairmead Scout Campsite, Church Road, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Received 17 Oct 202259, Felstead Road, Loughton, IG10 3BB
Received 17 Oct 20222, PRINCES ROAD, LONDON, IG9 5EG
Received 17 Oct 2022Marden Croft, Brentwood Road, Ongar, CM5 9DD
Received 17 Oct 2022Gardeners Barn, Fluxs Lane, Epping, CM16 7PF
Received 17 Oct 2022Mulberry Cottage, Chelmsford Road, High Ongar, Ongar, CM5 9NL
Received 17 Oct 202226, Ladyfields, Loughton, IG10 3RP
Received 17 Oct 20221, Great Owl Road, Chigwell, IG7 6AL
Received 18 Oct 2022Lightfoots, Epping Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5HU
Received 18 Oct 2022Gardeners Barn, Fluxs Lane, Epping, CM16 7PF
Received 17 Oct 202216, The Four Acres, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9LJ
Received 18 Oct 2022164, Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5AE
Received 18 Oct 20224 Stradbroke Park, Tomswood Road, Chigwell, IG7 5QL
Received 18 Oct 202249, Broomstick Hall Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1LN
Received 18 Oct 202264, Lodge Park, Hoe Lane, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1AU
Received 18 Oct 202234, Chapel Road, Epping, CM16 5DS
Received 19 Oct 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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