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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25,420 approved · 6,260 refused · 1,932 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
St Margarets Hospital, The Plain, Epping, CM16 6TN
Received 26 Jun 20236, Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3AN
Received 26 Jun 20231 Thrifts Hall Farm Mews, The Coach House, Abridge Road, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7NL
Received 26 Jun 2023214, Upshire Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3PX
Received 26 Jun 2023110, Luxborough Lane, Chigwell, IG7 5AA
Received 26 Jun 2023110, Luxborough Lane, Chigwell, IG7 5AA
Received 26 Jun 2023Police Station, 35 Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1EL
Received 26 Jun 202314, Churchill Close, Ongar, CM5 9BH
Received 26 Jun 202338, Alfred Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6DP
Received 26 Jun 202341, Wellfields, Loughton, IG10 1PA
Received 27 Jun 2023Shadwalkers, Middle Street, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2LH
Received 27 Jun 20236, Willow Tree Close, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1BL
Received 27 Jun 20239, Station Bridge Mews, Bobbingworth, Ongar, CM5 9FN
Received 27 Jun 2023128, Manor Road, Chigwell, IG7 5PR
Received 27 Jun 2023Ardele, 34 London Road, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1UX
Received 27 Jun 2023Great Colemans, Romford Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PD
Received 27 Jun 202334, Bassett Gardens, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6DB
Received 28 Jun 2023Robins Wood (Three Acre Farm), Birds Green, Willingale, Ongar, CM5 0PR
Received 28 Jun 20233, The Chase, Chigwell, IG7 5EY
Received 28 Jun 202338, Church Hill, Loughton, IG10 1LA
Received 28 Jun 202319 Coopers Close, Chigwell, IG7 6EX
Received 28 Jun 2023Dorwin House, Harlow Road, High Laver, Ongar, CM5 0DR
Received 28 Jun 2023Clarks Farm, Mutton Row, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9QH
Received 29 Jun 2023All Saints Church, Betts Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2DB
Received 29 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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