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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
23,058 approved · 5,721 refused · 1,680 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Burrs Farm , Foster Street, Hastingwood , Harlow, CM17 9HP
Received 8 Mar 2023Burrs Farm , Foster Street, Hastingwood, Harlow, CM17 9HP
Received 8 Mar 202344, Blackacre Road, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7LU
Received 8 Mar 2023Tadgells Barn, Housham Tye Road, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0NX
Received 9 Mar 2023Tadgells Barn, Housham Tye Road, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0NX
Received 9 Mar 2023Parks Manor, 15 Station Road, Chigwell, IG7 6QT
Received 9 Mar 2023Tadgells Barn, Housham Tye Road, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0NX
Received 9 Mar 2023Tadgells Barn, Housham Tye Road, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0NX
Received 9 Mar 202317, Lodge Close, Chigwell, IG7 6JL
Received 9 Mar 202331, Grange Crescent, Chigwell, IG7 5JD
Received 9 Mar 202317 Great Stony Park, High Street, Ongar, CM5 0TH
Received 9 Mar 202322, Westbury Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5PL
Received 9 Mar 2023Cottis Lane Car Park, Cottis Lane, Epping, CM16 5LL
Received 9 Mar 2023Cottis Lane Car Park, Cottis Lane, Epping, CM16 5LL
Received 9 Mar 20231, Cartersfield Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1JD
Received 9 Mar 20237, Millsmead Way, Loughton, IG10 1LR
Received 9 Mar 202346, Morris Court, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3DX
Received 10 Mar 202333, Chapel Road, Epping, CM16 5DS
Received 10 Mar 20231-57 Copperfield, Chigwell, IG7 5NQ
Received 10 Mar 2023147 -213 Copperfield, Chigwell, IG7 5NJ
Received 10 Mar 202359 - 137 Copperfield, Chigwell, IG7 5NH
Received 10 Mar 2023322-378 Limes Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5NB
Received 10 Mar 2023476 -542 Limes Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5NF
Received 10 Mar 2023380 -468 Limes Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5ND
Received 10 Mar 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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