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Planning application documents: what to read first
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
23,447 approved · 5,826 refused · 1,735 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
78 Bracken Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5RD
Received 22 Mar 20231-2 Woodbury Hollow, Woodbury Hill, Loughton, IG10 1JD
Received 22 Mar 2023Fairlight, 14 Lee Grove, Chigwell, IG7 6AF
Received 23 Mar 202326, Beechfield Walk, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3AA
Received 23 Mar 20238, Station Road, Loughton, IG10 4NX
Received 23 Mar 202325, Upland Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6NJ
Received 23 Mar 2023121 Bell Common, Epping, CM16 4DZ
Received 23 Mar 20236 Connaught Avenue, Loughton, IG10 4DP
Received 22 Mar 2023Courtlands, Epping Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5DW
Received 22 Mar 2023Woodside Place, Woodside, Epping, CM16 6LG
Received 23 Mar 202333, Marle Gardens, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2DZ
Received 23 Mar 202344, Deer Park Way, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3YL
Received 23 Mar 202344, Deer Park Way, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3YL
Received 23 Mar 2023Willows, Fernhall Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3TJ
Received 23 Mar 2023507 - 563 Copperfield, Chigwell, IG7 5LB
Received 23 Mar 2023661 - 717, Copperfield, Chigwell, IG7 5LA
Received 23 Mar 2023565 -653 Copperfield, Chigwell, IG7 5LE
Received 23 Mar 2023Burrs Farm, Foster Street, Hastingwood, Harlow, CM17 9HP
Received 23 Mar 2023Garages at Pyrles Lane, Loughton, IG10 2NW
Received 23 Mar 202388, Longfields, Ongar, CM5 9DE
Received 24 Mar 202348, Alderton Hall Lane, Loughton, IG10 3HE
Received 24 Mar 20236, Upshire Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3NR
Received 24 Mar 202327 Ely Place, Chigwell, IG8 8AG
Received 24 Mar 202324 Kendal Avenue, Epping, CM16 4PR
Received 24 Mar 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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