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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.
20,874 approved · 5,316 refused · 1,385 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cornwood House, The Street, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7LT
Received 8 Nov 202255, Broadstrood, Loughton, IG10 2SB
Received 8 Nov 2022Land East of Church Lane Sheering Essex
Received 8 Nov 2022Land adjacent to Tudor Lodge, Blythe Road, Roydon, Harlow, Hoddesdon, EN11 0BB
Received 8 Nov 2022Foxes Parade, Trinity House, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1PH
Received 8 Nov 2022102, Luxborough Lane, Chigwell, IG7 5AA
Received 9 Nov 202239, Denny Avenue, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1NT
Received 9 Nov 202295, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9LQ
Received 9 Nov 2022High Firs, Nazeing Common, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2DE
Received 9 Nov 202216, Audleigh Place, Chigwell, IG7 5QT
Received 9 Nov 20222, Glebelands, Chigwell, IG7 4QG
Received 9 Nov 2022133, Chigwell School, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6QF
Received 9 Nov 2022Springfield Cottage, Hamlet Hill, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5LD
Received 9 Nov 2022Lower Cottage, Daws Hill, Waltham Abbey, E4 7QU
Received 9 Nov 2022Epping Forest College, Borders Lane, Loughton, IG10 3SA
Received 9 Nov 2022Fancy Free, 67 Hoe Lane, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1AU
Received 9 Nov 202238, Forest Drive, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7EZ
Received 10 Nov 2022Ivy Cottage, Coppice Row, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7DW
Received 10 Nov 2022Leaders, Parkers Farm Lane, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0JJ
Received 10 Nov 2022Leaders, Parkers Farm Lane, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0JJ
Received 10 Nov 20227, Barfields Path, Loughton, IG10 3JJ
Received 10 Nov 20227, Lower Road, Loughton, IG10 2RS
Received 10 Nov 202238, Stanmore Way, Loughton, IG10 2SA
Received 10 Nov 202229 York Hill, Loughton, IG10 1HU
Received 10 Nov 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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