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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
22,680 approved · 5,641 refused · 1,640 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1, The Drummonds, Epping, CM16 4PJ
Received 16 Feb 2023Meadow View, Abbess Road, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0JJ
Received 16 Feb 202326, Grange Crescent, Chigwell, IG7 5JB
Received 16 Feb 2023Murrells Farm, The Stables, 22 London Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9QE
Received 16 Feb 202352, Purlieu Way, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7EH
Received 17 Feb 202353 Manor Road, Chigwell, IG7 5PL
Received 16 Feb 202357 Manor Road, Chigwell, IG7 5PH
Received 16 Feb 202334, Stanmore Way, Loughton, IG10 2SA
Received 17 Feb 20234, Grosvenor Close, Loughton, IG10 2JY
Received 17 Feb 20239, Southernhay, Loughton, IG10 4EN
Received 17 Feb 2023St Leonards Farm, St Leonards Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2HG
Received 17 Feb 2023High House Farm, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1EJ
Received 17 Feb 20237, Devon Close, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5LF
Received 17 Feb 2023119, Grosvenor Drive, Loughton, IG10 2LB
Received 17 Feb 2023Falconry Court, Bakers Lane, Epping, CM16 5DQ
Received 17 Feb 20234A, Westbury Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5PL
Received 20 Feb 2023Elms Farm, Equine Livery Yard, Waples Mill Road, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0TE
Received 20 Feb 202366, Old Nazeing Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN10 6RL
Received 20 Feb 202350 Sunnymede, Chigwell, IG7 6ES
Received 20 Feb 2023Latton Priory, South of Harlow
Received 20 Feb 20235, Tomswood Road, Chigwell, IG7 5QP
Received 20 Feb 2023Nazeing Glassworks, Riverside Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN10 6SY
Received 20 Feb 2023Stonehall House, Tilegate Road, Magdalen Laver, Ongar, CM5 0EG
Received 20 Feb 20236, Tudor Close, Chigwell, IG7 5BG
Received 20 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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