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Epping Forest District Council
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Epping Forest District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

19,173Searchable applications

387Recorded as pending

75%Approval rate · 14,589 approved or refused records

3,600Refused applications

10,989 approved · 3,600 refused · 681 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas25 mapped area records

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Decision MadeEPF/1554/19
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 "Phase I Habitat Survey" for EPF/2047/17. (erection of x 5 no. detached residential dwellings).
Burleigh House Hoe Lane Nazeing Essex EN9 2RJ
Received 18 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1555/19
Proposed first floor side and two storey front extension with a pitched roof with loft room and front and rear facing dormers. Perimeter pitched roof to garage with elevation changes to windows and wall finishes (Revised application to EPF/0194/19).
7 Maltings Lane Epping Essex CM16 6SB
Received 18 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1556/19/NEW
H1 - Fell mixed hedge along front boundary.
Pond 5m from The Old Mill House Betts Lane & 60m from Betts Lane Betts Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2DB
Received 18 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1557/19
Application for Variation of Condition 2 "completed strictly in accordance with the approved drawings" for EPF/3180/18. (Proposed double side extension, single storey rear extension with new permeable paving to front and side of the garden - ref: EPF/0535/18).
210 Upshire Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3PX
Received 19 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1559/19
TPO/EPF/17/95 (Ref: G1, G2 & G3) 13 x Poplars - Crown reduce, as specified. Crown lift to 2m from ground level. Crown thin, as specified.
John Lockwood Ground Hoe Lane Lambourne Essex RM4 1AX
Received 19 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1560/19
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 11 &12 for EPF/0937/18. Conditions 11 "Phase 2 site investigation" & 12 "detailed remediation scheme". (Erection of x 52 no. 'Retirement Living' (Category II Sheltered Housing) apartments for the elderly with associated communal facilities, car parking and landscaping).
Tesco Stores Limited Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1NP
Received 18 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1561/19
Demolition of existing building and the construction of a new residential development consisting of 2 dwellings, vehicle access, parking, amenity space and landscaping along with other associated development.
Blewgates House Rookery Road High Ongar Essex CM4 0LG
Received 19 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1562/19
Proposed first floor side extension.
100 Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5AB
Received 19 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1563/19
TPO/EPF/07/79 T15: Ash - Reduce specific limb by up to 6m and remove sucker stem. T25: Horse Chestnut - Pollard at 5-6m, from ground level. T34: Horse Chestnut - Reduce crown, as specified.
Loughton Baptist Church 92 High Road Loughton Essex IG10 4QU
Received 19 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1564/19
TPO/EPF/07/06: T1 Birch - Crown reduce by up to 2m, as specified. Crown thin and lift, as specified.
42 Ladywell Prospect Sheering Essex CM21 9PT
Received 19 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1565/19
County Council application - Expansion of the existing tennis court from 3 courts to 4 courts. Erection of new fencing around the courts.
West Hatch High School High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5BT
Received 20 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1566/19
Proposed single storey rear extension including attached raised terrace, and loft conversion with hip to gable extension and a rear roof dormer addition.
8 Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5AA
Received 20 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1567/19
Application for a Non-Material Amendment to EPF/2303/17 for squaring off the front of the house by removing a 2.8m deep semi circular front entrance & replacement with a front entrance flush with the house with the addition of an open portico, adjusting position of the rear wall of dining room & master bedroom, change of window/patio doors & installation of an apex roof light above the pool area.
Merleswood Roding Lane Chigwell IG7 6BE
Received 20 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1568/19
Change of use of an existing outbuilding (in use as an annexe for the past 5 years) to a separate residential dwelling.
Meadows previously part of The Orchards Crown Park Farm Bournebridge Lane Stapleford Abbotts Essex RM4 1LU
Received 20 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1569/19
TPO/EPF/09/11 (Ref: T10) T1: Hornbeam - Crown reduce by up to 1.5m, as specified. Crown thin by 10%.
21 Ely Place Chigwell Essex IG8 8AG
Received 20 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1570/19
Proposed single storey side extension.
13 Station Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6QT
Received 20 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1571/19
Retention of railings and gates.
19 Church Lane Loughton Essex IG10 1PD
Received 20 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1572/19
Proposed two storey side extension.
Rose Cottage 17 Powell Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5RD
Received 20 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1573/19
TPO/EPF/07/91 (Ref: T9) T2: Sycamore - Pollard to 10 metres.
5 Monkchester Close Loughton Essex IG10 2SN
Received 20 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1574/19
Proposed single and part double storey rear extension with part demolition of the existing garage.
38 Woolhampton Way Chigwell Essex IG7 4QH
Received 20 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1575/19
Prior approval application for a 3.0 metre deep single storey rear extension, height to eaves 2.20 metres and overall height of 2.96 metres.
18 Abbotts Drive Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3HH
Received 18 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1576/19
Application for larger home extension for a single storey rear extension - 3.3 metres deep x 3.6 metres high x 2.6 metres eaves height.
55 Morris Court Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3DX
Received 21 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1577/19
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed outbuilding in the rear garden for domestic use.
Fairmeads 39 - 40 Piercing Hill Theydon Bois Epping Essex CM16 7JW
Received 21 Jun 2019
Decision MadeEPF/1578/19
Construction of a single rectangular block of glasshouses of 2496m^2 with ancillary service area of 177m^2 with a ridge height of 7.1m.
Unit 1 CWS Nursery Hoe Lane Nazeing Essex EN9 2HU
Received 21 Jun 2019

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