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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Epping Forest District Council. Also known as EFDC.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Epping Forest website
22,549 approved · 5,616 refused · 1,625 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10, Cascade Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6DX
Received 10 Feb 2023Ohana House, Sawbridgeworth Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7DR
Received 10 Feb 202325, Habgood Road, Loughton, IG10 1HF
Received 13 Feb 2023114, Roundhills, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1UP
Received 13 Feb 202314, Blackhorse Lane, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6EP
Received 13 Feb 202314, Blackhorse Lane, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6EP
Received 13 Feb 2023Langold, 146, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 5BQ
Received 13 Feb 2023Garden Centre, Crown Hill, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3TF
Received 13 Feb 2023The Pillars, Tysea Hill, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1JU
Received 13 Feb 202314, Victoria Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5ES
Received 13 Feb 2023Former School, Centrepoint Building and Council Depot, Land at St John's Road, Epping, CM16 4BD
Received 13 Feb 202314, Victoria Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5ES
Received 13 Feb 20235, Highview Close, Loughton, IG10 4EG
Received 13 Feb 202316, New Forest Lane, Chigwell, IG7 5QN
Received 13 Feb 2023Former School, Centrepoint Building and Council Depot, Land at St John's Road, Epping, CM16 4BD
Received 13 Feb 2023Grange Farm Centre, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6DP
Received 13 Feb 20233B Thornwood Road Epping CM16 6SX
Received 13 Feb 202389, Forest Road, Loughton, IG10 1EF
Received 13 Feb 202318, Chapel Road, Epping, CM16 5DS
Received 13 Feb 202325, Bracken Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5RG
Received 13 Feb 2023Springfield Cottage, Hamlet Hill, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5LD
Received 13 Feb 2023Civic Offices, 323 High Street, Epping, CM16 4BZ
Received 13 Feb 2023Paradise Farm, Hamlet Hill, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5JZ
Received 14 Feb 202313, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
Received 14 Feb 2023Records 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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