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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.
21,554 approved · 5,426 refused · 1,435 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
18, Buttondene Crescent, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN10 6RH
Received 6 Dec 2022Hoppit, The Street, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7LR
Received 6 Dec 20221, Audleigh Place, Chigwell, IG7 5QT
Received 6 Dec 2022The Lodge, Harlow Road, High Laver, Ongar, CM5 0DR
Received 6 Dec 2022Sewardstone Road, Grass verge of Sewardstone Road, Essex, EN9 3QQ
Received 6 Dec 202251, Coolgardie Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5AX
Received 6 Dec 20227, Meadow Road, Epping, CM16 5BW
Received 7 Dec 202235, Barfields, Loughton, IG10 3JH
Received 7 Dec 202218, Oak Road, Epping, CM16 5DJ
Received 7 Dec 20222, PRINCES ROAD, LONDON, IG9 5EG
Received 7 Dec 2022323 Civic Offices, Epping Forest District Council, High Street, Epping, CM16 4BZ
Received 7 Dec 2022Roydon Primary School, Epping Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5HN
Received 7 Dec 202247, Nevill Way, Loughton, IG10 3BG
Received 8 Dec 2022Norton Hall, Glebe House, Norton Lane, High Ongar, Ongar, CM5 9RP
Received 8 Dec 2022Felicia Nursery, Avey Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3QH
Received 8 Dec 2022Farm Tyres, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RH
Received 8 Dec 202225, Forest Cottage, Lambourne Road, Chigwell, IG7 6HA
Received 8 Dec 202215, Woodland Road, Loughton, IG10 1HQ
Received 8 Dec 2022Taylor Piggerie, Lippitts Hill, Loughton, IG10 4AL
Received 8 Dec 2022Willow Dene, Epping Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2DH
Received 8 Dec 202215-35 Osprey Court, Osprey Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3RZ
Received 7 Dec 20227, Hainault Grove, Chigwell, IG7 5DJ
Received 9 Dec 202236-44 Osprey Court, Osprey Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3RZ
Received 7 Dec 2022Near to 102 High Road/King William IV PH, High Road, Chigwell Essex, IG7 6PJ
Received 9 Dec 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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