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Epping Forest District Council
Planning applications.
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 dates28,385Searchable applications
392Recorded as pending
79%Approval rate · 22,484 approved or refused records
4,751Refused applications
17,733 approved · 4,751 refused · 1,118 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and buildingLocal plan Planning and buildingPre-application advice Planning and buildingArticle 4 directions Planning and building
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas25 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Decision MadeEPF/2567/21
Proposed garage.
The Gillies Hamlet Hill Roydon Harlow CM19 5LD
Received 23 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2570/21
Demotion of existing rear extension & conservatory. Proposed single storey rear extension with a roof lantern, roof extension with rear dormer window to facilitate a loft room. two storey front extension, conversion of undersized existing garage into habitable accommodation.
83 Forest Road Loughton IG10 1EF
Received 24 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2571/21
Proposed first floor side extension with car port under.
12 Institute Road Coopersale Epping CM16 7QY
Received 24 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2572/21
Proposed front canopy, double storey side plus single storey rear extensions & alterations.
47 Morgan Crescent Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7DU
Received 24 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2574/21
Proposed demolition of existing dwelling house and erection of a new seven bedroom dwelling house.
50 Forest Lane Chigwell IG7 5AE
Received 24 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2575/21
Side first floor extension.
7 The Mead Nazeing New Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN10 6SS
Received 24 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2577/21
Application for a Lawful Development certificate for a proposed change of use of a garage.
3 Cannon Mews Waltham Abbey EN9 1JF
Received 24 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2578/21
Application for Approval of Details reserved by condition 6" details & a schedule of materials and products of all external facing materials " for EPF/2905/19. (Redevelopment of the site to provide x 139 no. residential units in 3 buildings ranging from 3-5 storeys, car parking spaces, communal landscaped amenity areas, secure cycling parking & other associated development).
Epping Forest College - Library and Middle Building Borders Lane Loughton IG10 3SA
Received 24 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2579/21
Chipping Ongar Conservation Area T5: Sycamore - selective lifting and reduction of overhanging branches to about 5 metres above ground level and pruning of furthest extended lower laterals to suitable forks or unions
The Ongar Bell 131-133 High Street Ongar CM5 9JA
Received 24 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2580/21
Application for a Lawful Development certificate for a proposed swimming pool & a pool house.
10 Pump Hill Loughton IG10 1RU
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2581/21
Application for a Lawful Development certificate for a proposed small garden room to the rear garden of existing dwellinghouse (to be used only as a gym).
Braeside Woolmongers Lane High Ongar Ongar CM4 0JX
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2582/21
Proposed work to be carried out on the front & back garden, paths, hard surfaces, fencing, gates & general tidying up of plot.
10 Pump Hill Loughton IG10 1RU
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2585/21
Application for Consent to Display a non- illuminated shop fascia with illuminated 'Shell Select' letters. Replace 'V power signage panel with 'Jamie Oliver' & "Shell Recharge" panel on existing Pole sign. Relocate "Air/Water" sign. 2 nos., internal hanging signs.
18-22 High Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5HP
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2586/21
Application for Approval of Details reserved by condition 2"Amended plans showing the height and roof profile approved" & 4"details of the type and colours of the external finishes" and 7 "FRA" and 8 "SuDS" for EPF/0646/21. (Erect one detached dwelling in place of the approved scheme of 3 terraced houses (EPF/0409/17). The detached dwelling will be on the same site and same footprint of the approved 3 terraced houses of EPF/0409/17. (Revised application to EPF/2135/20).
Presdale Farm House Hoe Lane Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2RJ
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2587/21
TPO/EPF/22/83 T21: Lime - Crown reduce by up to 2.5m, as specified. Crown lift to up to 5m from ground level, as specified.
Sarasota 6 Highland Road Nazeing Waltham Abbey EN9 2PR
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2590/21
Application for Approval of Details reserved by condition 5"documentary and photographic details of the types and colours of the external finishes" and condition 6 `Drainage' for EPF/0755/18. (Demolition of the existing garage and erection of a building to accommodate two garages and a one bedroom annexe).
Fairview Reeves Lane Roydon Harlow CM19 5LE
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2591/21
New detached 3 bedroom house adjacent to 2 Park Close, CM16 6BP.
2 Park Close North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6BP
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2592/21
Single storey rear extension with pitched roof and 3 skylights.
17 Tempest Mead North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6DY
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2593/21
Proposed 1.8m high timber boundary fence to part replace an existing timber fence approximately 900mm high: sliding gate approximately 5.5m wide in materials to match the proposed fence to access two on site car parking spaces. The car parking hardstand to be constructed in permeable surface material. A new 5.5m wide vehicle crossover from the Highway to access the new car parking spaces (existing road sign will need relocating).
40 Princes Road Buckhurst Hill IG9 5EE
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2594/21
Outline planning application (all matters reserved except for means of access to, but not within, the site) for proposed mixed use development comprising residential development (up to 117 dwellings) with community building (Use Class E [f], F1 or F2), open space and play area together with relocation of livery.
Barnfield Riding Stables Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey E4 7RH
Received 28 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2604/21
Proposed vehicular crossover.
Coppice View 91 Coppice Row Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7DW
Received 29 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2605/21
Great Stony School Conservation Area T1: Horse Chestnut - Fell. T2, T6 & T7: 3 x Horse Chestnut, T3, T4: 2 x Cherry, T5: 1 x Sycamore, T8-T11: 4 x Apple, T15: Ash & T16: Maple - Crown thin by 20%, remove crossing & congested branches up to 60mm in branch diameter,lightly reduce lateral branches to shape the crown whilst retaining height. T12:Ginkgo & T19: Purple Plum - Reduce lateral branches to give clearance from building of 1.5-2m. T13: 1 x Hawthorn & T14: 1 x Ash - Crown reduce by 1m.
13 Great Stony Park High Street Ongar CM5 0TH
Received 29 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2606/21
The demolition and removal of the existing dwelling house and erection of a replacement.
31 Traps Hill Loughton IG10 1SZ
Received 29 Sept 2021 - Decision MadeEPF/2609/21
Application for a Lawful Development certificate for a proposed loft conversion with rear facing dormer & front roof windows.
20 St Marys Way Chigwell IG7 5BX
Received 29 Sept 2021
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What these statistics cover
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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