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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
25,420 approved · 6,260 refused · 1,932 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
9, The Beacons, Loughton, IG10 2SQ
Received 22 Jun 20234, Baldocks Road, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7EB
Received 22 Jun 2023Woodpeckers, 37 Woodbury Hill, Loughton, IG10 1JF
Received 21 Jun 202319 Hornbeam Close, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7JT
Received 22 Jun 202367, Baldwins Hill, Loughton, IG10 1SN
Received 22 Jun 2023Netherhall Farm, Netherhall Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5JP
Received 22 Jun 2023Metro Superstore Ltd, 785 Chigwell Road, Chigwell, IG8 8AU
Received 22 Jun 20239, The Johns, Ongar, CM5 9BD
Received 22 Jun 20239, The Johns, Ongar, CM5 9BD
Received 22 Jun 2023Olives Farm (Plot 2), Murthering Lane, Essex, , Stepleford Abbotts,, RM4 1JT
Received 23 Jun 202347, Hillcrest Road, Loughton, IG10 4QH
Received 23 Jun 2023Netherhall Farm, Netherhall Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5JP
Received 22 Jun 2023103, York Hill, Loughton, IG10 1RX
Received 23 Jun 2023103, York Hill, Loughton, IG10 1RX
Received 23 Jun 2023Oak Lodge Stud, Mill Lane, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9SF
Received 23 Jun 2023Lakeview Nursery, Dobbs Weir Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5JX
Received 23 Jun 20237, Ardmore Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5RY
Received 23 Jun 2023Presdale Farm Nurseries, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RJ
Received 23 Jun 20234, The Granary, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EL
Received 23 Jun 202313, Park Avenue, Hastingwood, Harlow, CM17 9NL
Received 26 Jun 202348, Valley Hill, Loughton, IG10 3AL
Received 26 Jun 20237, Appleton Road, Loughton, IG10 2HH
Received 26 Jun 202312, Tycehurst Hill, Loughton, IG10 1BU
Received 26 Jun 2023Wychwood, Epping Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5DW
Received 26 Jun 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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