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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
25,978 approved · 6,417 refused · 2,011 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cottis Lane Car Park, Cottis Lane, Epping, CM16 5LL
Received 21 Jul 202349, Loughton Way, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6AS
Received 21 Jul 202337, Abbotts Drive, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3HH
Received 21 Jul 2023Gilwell Park, The Lodge, Bury Road, Waltham Abbey, E4 7QW
Received 21 Jul 202310 The Cobbins, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1LH
Received 24 Jul 202379, Coppice Row, Theydon Bois, CM16 7DL
Received 24 Jul 2023137, Trotwood, Chigwell, IG7 5JW
Received 24 Jul 2023Kendal Lodge, Kendal Avenue, Epping, CM16 4PL
Received 24 Jul 202316, Tudor Way, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1PX
Received 24 Jul 2023Clarks Farm, Mutton Row, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9QH
Received 24 Jul 202312 Ravensmere, Epping, CM16 4PS
Received 24 Jul 2023Downswood, Matching Road, Matching, Harlow, CM22 7AS
Received 24 Jul 2023Mount Farm, Galloway Farms, Tawney Common, Theydon Mount, Epping, CM16 7PX
Received 24 Jul 2023Norton Fishery, Epping Lane, Stapleford Tawney, Romford, RM4 1ST
Received 24 Jul 20235, Lower Swaines, Epping, CM16 5ER
Received 24 Jul 2023Davenant Foundation School, Chester Road, Loughton, IG10 2LD
Received 24 Jul 2023Sheering War Memorial, The Street, Sheering, CM22 7LT
Received 24 Jul 2023Sheering War Memorial, The Street, Sheering, CM22 7LT
Received 24 Jul 2023196-198, High Street, Epping, CM16 4AQ
Received 24 Jul 2023196-198, High Street, Epping, CM16 4AQ
Received 24 Jul 2023112-120 Connaught House, High Road, Loughton, IG10 4HJ
Received 25 Jul 202337, Rectory Lane, Loughton, IG10 1NZ
Received 25 Jul 202351, Algers Road, Loughton, IG10 4NF
Received 25 Jul 202348, Hainault Road, Chigwell, IG7 6QX
Received 25 Jul 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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