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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
23,223 approved · 5,773 refused · 1,705 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Piercing Hill, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7JW
Received 14 Mar 20231 Wintry Park Cottages, Thornwood Road, Epping, CM16 6SZ
Received 14 Mar 2023Blackwood House, Matching Green, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0PP
Received 15 Mar 202314, Broadfield Way, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5AG
Received 15 Mar 20235, Paradise Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1RL
Received 15 Mar 202311, Westall Road, Loughton, IG10 2AF
Received 15 Mar 20239, Dacre Gardens, Chigwell, IG7 5HH
Received 15 Mar 20231 Lexden Terrace, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1PB
Received 15 Mar 20234, The Granary, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EL
Received 15 Mar 202334, Morgan Crescent, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7DX
Received 15 Mar 202352, St Johns Road, Epping, CM16 5DP
Received 16 Mar 2023Land at junction with High Road & Chigwell Rise, Chigwell, IG7 6AR
Received 16 Mar 2023Woodside Barn, Paynes Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2EY
Received 16 Mar 20239, Lee Grove, Chigwell, IG7 6AD
Received 16 Mar 20234, Baldocks Road, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7EB
Received 16 Mar 20236 Ducketts Mead, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EG
Received 15 Mar 2023Norton Field Farm, Norton Lane, High Ongar, Ongar, CM4 0LN
Received 16 Mar 202340, Dukes Avenue, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7HE
Received 16 Mar 202311, Dacre Close, Chigwell, IG7 5HQ
Received 16 Mar 20235 Daleside Gardens, Chigwell, IG7 6PR
Received 16 Mar 20234, Kendal Avenue, Epping, CM16 4PN
Received 16 Mar 2023Paslows Field, King Street, High Ongar, Ongar, CM5 9NP
Received 16 Mar 202314, Tycehurst Hill, Loughton, IG10 1BU
Received 16 Mar 202320, Dukes Avenue, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7HE
Received 16 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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