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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.
21,027 approved · 5,334 refused · 1,394 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
213, Brendene, Lambourne Road, Chigwell, IG7 6JP
Received 14 Nov 2022110, Buckhurst Way, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6HP
Received 15 Nov 202215, Mowbrey Gardens, Loughton, IG10 2EU
Received 15 Nov 202244, Spring Meadow, Castle Street, Ongar, CM5 9JS
Received 15 Nov 202246, Highland Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2PU
Received 15 Nov 20223 Envilles Cottages, Abbess Road, Little Laver, Ongar, CM5 0JH
Received 15 Nov 2022Sheering War Memorial, The Street, Sheering CM22 7LX
Received 15 Nov 2022Little Brays, 214 Nine Ashes Road, High Ongar, Ongar, CM4 0JY
Received 15 Nov 20222B, North Street, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2NL
Received 15 Nov 2022Croxton, Weald Bridge Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6AU
Received 15 Nov 2022Land to the South & East of the former Chimes Garden Centre, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN10 6RJ
Received 15 Nov 2022Land to the South & East of the former Chimes Garden Centre, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN10 6RJ
Received 15 Nov 2022Netherhall Farm, Netherhall Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5JP
Received 15 Nov 2022Croxton, Weald Bridge Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6AU
Received 15 Nov 2022Croxton, Weald Bridge Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6AU
Received 15 Nov 202236A, Farm Hill Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1NJ
Received 15 Nov 202271, Deepdene Road, Loughton, IG10 3PH
Received 15 Nov 2022Derwen, Vicarage Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6LS
Received 16 Nov 2022Kelvedon House, Loughton Way, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6AJ
Received 16 Nov 202275, Cripsey Avenue, Ongar, CM5 0AU
Received 16 Nov 2022Davis Court, 35 Burton Road, Loughton, IG10 3FR
Received 16 Nov 202237, Churchill Court, Burton Road, Loughton, IG10 3FR
Received 16 Nov 202272, Roebuck Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5QX
Received 16 Nov 202215 Wheelers Green, Middle Street, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2LF
Received 16 Nov 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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