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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
26,441 approved · 6,582 refused · 2,057 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
High View, Epping Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5DD
Received 24 Aug 2023The Gate House, Coopersale Common, Coopersale, Epping, CM16 7QT
Received 24 Aug 2023Rainbirds, Nupers Lane, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1JR
Received 25 Aug 2023Hill Farm, Rye Hill Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6NQ
Received 25 Aug 2023Bakers Lane Car Park, Bakers Lane, Epping, CM16 5BD
Received 25 Aug 20234, Chigwell Park Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5BD
Received 25 Aug 20234, Chigwell Park Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5BD
Received 25 Aug 2023Cornmill Car Park, Cornmill, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1RB
Received 25 Aug 2023Hill Farm, Rye Hill Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6NQ
Received 25 Aug 202315, Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5AD
Received 25 Aug 2023Bakers Lane Car Park, Bakers Lane, Epping, CM16 5BD
Received 25 Aug 2023The Gables, Sawbridgeworth Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7DR
Received 25 Aug 20237, Avondale Drive, Loughton, IG10 3BZ
Received 28 Aug 202331, Staples Road, Loughton, IG10 1HR
Received 28 Aug 202314 Theydon Place, Epping, CM16 4NH
Received 25 Aug 2023White Bridge County Primary School, Greensted Road, Loughton, IG10 3DR
Received 25 Aug 202369, Bell Common, Epping, CM16 4DZ
Received 29 Aug 2023Twoony Mead, Nursery Road, Loughton, IG10 4EF
Received 29 Aug 2023The Barn, Ground Floor, 41 Church Hill, Epping, CM16 4RA
Received 29 Aug 2023177, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6NX
Received 29 Aug 2023111, The Warren, Crown Close, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7NE
Received 29 Aug 202317, Stradbroke Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5QU
Received 30 Aug 202325, Ely Place, Chigwell, IG8 8AG
Received 30 Aug 2023100, Hemnall Street, Epping, CM16 4ND
Received 30 Aug 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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