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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.
21,330 approved · 5,387 refused · 1,422 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47, Fairfield Road, Epping, CM16 6ST
Received 25 Nov 20229 Clarks Cottages, Epping Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5HP
Received 25 Nov 202220, Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1EE
Received 28 Nov 202279A, Palmerston Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5NS
Received 28 Nov 202216, Farm Way, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5AH
Received 28 Nov 2022179, Lindsey Street, Epping, CM16 6RF
Received 28 Nov 2022Great Tawney Hall Farm, Tawney Lane, Stapleford Tawney, RM4 1TA
Received 28 Nov 202239A, Shooters Drive, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2QA
Received 28 Nov 20224, Ripley View, Loughton, IG10 2PB
Received 28 Nov 2022Beaufort House, Pudding Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6BY
Received 28 Nov 2022Lower Cottage, Daws Hill, Waltham Abbey, E4 7QU
Received 28 Nov 2022Land North of Shonks Mill Bridge, Shonks Mill Road, Stapleford Tawney
Received 28 Nov 2022Land North of Elm Cottage, Epping Road, Epping Upland, CM16 6PH
Received 28 Nov 202244, Forest Drive, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7EZ
Received 28 Nov 2022122, High Street, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EF
Received 28 Nov 2022Springfield Cottage, Hamlet Hill, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5LD
Received 29 Nov 2022122, High Street, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EF
Received 28 Nov 202213, Roydon Close, Loughton, IG10 3DN
Received 29 Nov 202214, Forest Drive, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7EY
Received 29 Nov 2022404, Fencepiece Road, Chigwell, IG7 5DS
Received 29 Nov 2022Springfield Cottage, Hamlet Hill, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5LD
Received 29 Nov 2022Auckingford Bridge Cottage, Epping Road, Bobbingworth, Ongar, CM5 0DD
Received 29 Nov 2022Gainsborough House, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9FL
Received 29 Nov 2022Rosedene, Oak Hill Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1JJ
Received 29 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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