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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
23,768 approved · 5,885 refused · 1,766 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Weston House, Station Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9FP
Received 17 Apr 2023Land adjacent to Ivy Chimneys, Ivy Chimneys Road, Epping, CM16 4DU
Received 17 Apr 2023Stepping Stones, Kendal Avenue, Epping, CM16 4PW
Received 18 Apr 202320, Pinnacles, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1TG
Received 18 Apr 202330, Theydon Park Road, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7LP
Received 18 Apr 2023202, Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5AF
Received 18 Apr 202359, Woburn Avenue, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7JR
Received 18 Apr 202315, Emberson Way, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6DL
Received 18 Apr 2023Latchetts, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RB
Received 18 Apr 2023Willow Park Farm, Millers Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6DG
Received 18 Apr 20234-6, Theydon Park Road, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7LW
Received 18 Apr 20231, King George Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1HG
Received 18 Apr 20231 Sewardstone Close, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RG
Received 18 Apr 2023Pipers Farm, Lippitts Hill, Loughton, IG10 4AL
Received 18 Apr 2023Black Swan Ph, Common Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2DF
Received 19 Apr 2023Civic Offices, 323 High Street, Epping, CM16 4BZ
Received 17 Apr 2023Parsonage House, Willingale Road, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0SD
Received 18 Apr 202344, River Way, Loughton, IG10 3LH
Received 19 Apr 2023Elms Farm Cottage, Matching Green, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0PZ
Received 19 Apr 2023Debden Security Printing Ltd, Langston Road, Loughton, IG10 3PB
Received 19 Apr 202361 Traps Hill, Loughton, IG10 1TD
Received 19 Apr 2023Oakbrook, Pudding Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6BY
Received 19 Apr 20232 Forest House Fields, Vicarage Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6NA
Received 20 Apr 2023Honeysuckle House, Back Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RS
Received 20 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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