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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
23,894 approved · 5,911 refused · 1,783 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Midway, Epping Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PR
Received 24 Apr 2023Rose Cottage, Epping Long Green, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6QN
Received 24 Apr 20231 Dawes Bridge Cottages, Hobbs Cross Road, Theydon Garnon, Epping, CM16 7PA
Received 24 Apr 2023Woodside Farm, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1ER
Received 24 Apr 20238 Puckridge Cottages, Vicarage Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6LU
Received 24 Apr 20231, Campions, Loughton, IG10 2SG
Received 24 Apr 20239, Lambourne Close, Chigwell, IG7 6EB
Received 24 Apr 2023Former School, Centrepoint Building and Council Depot, Land at St John's Road, Epping, CM16 4BD
Received 24 Apr 202316 Southern Drive, Loughton, IG10 3BU
Received 24 Apr 2023The Stables, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbots, Romford, RM14 1ER
Received 25 Apr 20232, Goldings Road, Loughton, IG10 2QN
Received 25 Apr 2023Gilwell Park, Bury Road, Waltham Abbey, E4 7QW
Received 25 Apr 202339A, Shooters Drive, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2QA
Received 25 Apr 202388, Manor Road, Chigwell, IG7 5PQ
Received 25 Apr 2023Grange Farm, The Pavilion Sports Centre, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6DP
Received 25 Apr 2023Lisa House, Netherhall Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5JP
Received 25 Apr 2023Redwoods, Little Laver Road, Little Laver, Harlow, CM17 0RH
Received 26 Apr 2023Greylands, The Street, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7LY
Received 26 Apr 202337, Cedar Lodge, Berwick Lane, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PZ
Received 26 Apr 202339, Woodland Way, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7DY
Received 26 Apr 2023Orchard Barn, Stanford Rivers Hall School Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9QS
Received 26 Apr 2023The Nook, Norwood End, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0RW
Received 26 Apr 202310, Chester Road, Chigwell, IG7 6AJ
Received 26 Apr 2023227, High Road, Loughton, IG10 1BB
Received 26 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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