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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
23,327 approved · 5,801 refused · 1,722 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2, Courtland Drive, Chigwell, IG7 6PN
Received 20 Mar 202330, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9LF
Received 20 Mar 202336A, Farm Hill Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1NJ
Received 20 Mar 202316 and 18 Castle Street, Ongar, CM5 9JS
Received 20 Mar 20238, The Bungalow, Townmead Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1RP
Received 20 Mar 202339, The Drive, Loughton, IG10 1HB
Received 20 Mar 202336A, Station Way, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6LN
Received 21 Mar 2023Springfield Cottage, Hamlet Hill, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5LD
Received 21 Mar 2023Fairlands, Anchor Lane, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0JR
Received 21 Mar 2023Fairlands, Anchor Lane, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0JR
Received 21 Mar 2023Hillside House, Drapers Corner, Ongar, CM5 9LS
Received 21 Mar 20232 Princes Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5EG
Received 21 Mar 2023The Cot, Tysea Hill, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1JU
Received 21 Mar 202329, Forest Lane, Chigwell, IG7 5AF
Received 21 Mar 202342 Ollards Grove, Loughton, IG10 4DW
Received 21 Mar 202354-56, High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6BY
Received 21 Mar 2023Crooked Mile Streetworks , Crooked Mile , Waltham Abbey , EN9 1QN
Received 21 Mar 2023King's Ave Streetworks , King's Ave , Buckhurst Hill , IG9 5NZ
Received 21 Mar 2023186 Barclays Bank, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9JJ
Received 21 Mar 2023Garages junction of Fairfield Road and Millbank Avenue, Ongar, CM5 9HJ
Received 22 Mar 2023Woodcote, Manor Road, Loughton, IG10 4RP
Received 22 Mar 2023Garage Site at Castell Road, Loughton, IG10 2LT
Received 22 Mar 2023Longlands, Cobbinsend Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2AA
Received 22 Mar 20237, Boxted Close, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6BX
Received 22 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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