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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
26,788 approved · 6,697 refused · 2,116 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Warlies Park Farm, The Farmhouse, Woodgreen Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3SD
Received 20 Sept 2023Field End, Oak Hill Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1EH
Received 20 Sept 202313, Park Avenue, Hastingwood, Harlow, CM17 9NL
Received 20 Sept 202311, Cascade Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6DX
Received 21 Sept 2023Waltham Abbey Football Club, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey
Received 21 Sept 202391, Queens Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5BW
Received 21 Sept 202358, Stewards Green Road, Epping, CM16 7PD
Received 21 Sept 202311A, Loughton Way, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6AE
Received 21 Sept 2023Hannah Nursery, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RG
Received 21 Sept 202317 and 18 Market Square, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1DS
Received 21 Sept 2023Mill House, Matching Road, Matching, Harlow, CM22 7AS
Received 21 Sept 202321, Farm Way, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5AH
Received 21 Sept 202335, Coolgardie Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5AX
Received 21 Sept 2023Elm House, Matching Green, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0PZ
Received 21 Sept 2023110, Luxborough Lane, Chigwell, IG7 5AA
Received 21 Sept 2023Galley Wood House, Galleyhill Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2BJ
Received 21 Sept 2023Flat 1, 13 Station Road, Epping, CM16 4HG
Received 21 Sept 202340, Upper Park, Loughton, IG10 4EQ
Received 22 Sept 2023Bloomfield, Tysea Hill, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1JP
Received 22 Sept 2023Galley Wood House, Galleyhill Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2BJ
Received 22 Sept 2023323 Civic Offices, Epping Forest District Council, High Street, Epping, CM16 4BZ
Received 22 Sept 2023Netherhall Farm, Netherhall Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5JP
Received 22 Sept 2023The Two Brewers PH, 57 Lambourne Road, Chigwell, IG7 6ET
Received 22 Sept 2023Netherhall Farm, Netherhall Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5JP
Received 22 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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