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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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
23,613 approved · 5,849 refused · 1,751 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Middlebrook Farm , Hoe Lane , Nazeing , Essex , EN9 2RJ
Received 31 Mar 2023Willowbrook, Green Lane , Nazeing , Essex, EN10 6RS
Received 31 Mar 2023Woodside Farm, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1ER
Received 31 Mar 20231, Halley Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3XR
Received 31 Mar 20239 New Forest Lane, Chigwell, IG7 5QN
Received 30 Mar 202315, Broadgate, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3NW
Received 3 Apr 202368, Etheridge Road, Loughton, IG10 2HY
Received 3 Apr 20235, Staples Road, Loughton, IG10 1HP
Received 3 Apr 2023172, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9JJ
Received 3 Apr 2023212, Fields End, Nine Ashes Road, High Ongar, Ongar, CM4 0JY
Received 3 Apr 20239 Stradbroke Park, Tomswood Road, Chigwell, IG7 5QL
Received 3 Apr 2023The Lattice, 30 Coopersale Street, Epping, CM16 7QJ
Received 3 Apr 2023War Memorial Palmers Hill, Epping CM16
Received 30 Mar 2023Little Meadows, Weald Hall Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6ND
Received 3 Apr 202314, Brook Road, Loughton, IG10 1BW
Received 3 Apr 202316 Great Stony Park, High Street, Ongar, CM5 0TH
Received 3 Apr 202310 - 12 Sun Street , Waltham Abbey, EN9 1EE
Received 3 Apr 2023Chigwell School, 133 High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6QF
Received 3 Apr 2023Waltham Cross to Tottenham Substation, near to Highbridge Street, Waltham Abbey
Received 3 Apr 202336, Englands Lane, Loughton, IG10 2QQ
Received 3 Apr 2023Warehouse at Rear of 225 High Street Epping, CM16 4BL
Received 3 Apr 202321, The Crescent, Loughton, IG10 4PY
Received 4 Apr 2023Highways land, Junction of Moreton Road and Fyfield Road ,Ongar, CM5 0AL
Received 4 Apr 20239, Bracken Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5RG
Received 4 Apr 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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