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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
26,530 approved · 6,611 refused · 2,067 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
78, Hainault Road, Chigwell, IG7 5DH
Received 5 Sept 2023Hobbs View, Moreton Road, Ongar, CM5 0LX
Received 5 Sept 2023Albany Stud Farm, Epping New Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5UA
Received 5 Sept 20231 Broadley Terrace, Common Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2DQ
Received 5 Sept 2023130, Church Hill, Loughton, IG10 1LH
Received 5 Sept 2023202, Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5AF
Received 6 Sept 202318 The Avenue Lawn Tennis Club, The Avenue, Loughton, IG10 4PT
Received 6 Sept 202373, Lindsey Street, Epping, CM16 6RD
Received 6 Sept 2023Waltham Abbey Swimming Pool, Roundhills, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1UP
Received 6 Sept 20231 Theydon Hall Cottages, Abridge Road, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7NP
Received 6 Sept 202310 Marconi Bungalows, High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6EQ
Received 7 Sept 202310 Marconi Bungalows, High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6EQ
Received 7 Sept 202334, The Crescent, Loughton, IG10 4PY
Received 7 Sept 2023105 Manor Road, Chigwell, IG7 5PN
Received 7 Sept 202333, Blackacre Road, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7LT
Received 7 Sept 202317, North End, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5RA
Received 7 Sept 20233 Chambers Manor Cottages, Epping Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PJ
Received 7 Sept 202311, Wellfields, Loughton, IG10 1PB
Received 7 Sept 2023Cottis Lane Car Park, Cottis Lane, Epping, CM16 5LL
Received 8 Sept 2023The Hawthorns, Land Adjacent To Toot Hill Road, Ongar, CM5 9QP
Received 8 Sept 202371, Gladstone Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5SW
Received 8 Sept 20233, Woodbury Hill, Loughton, IG10 1JB
Received 8 Sept 202340, Northdene, Chigwell, IG7 5JT
Received 11 Sept 2023Grainstore adj. to Hoggs Farm, Carters Green, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0NX
Received 11 Sept 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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