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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
28,064 approved · 7,078 refused · 2,296 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Little Ridings Lane, Fingrith Hall Lane, High Ongar, CM4 0JP
Received 27 Nov 202311, Wallers Hoppet, Loughton, IG10 1SP
Received 27 Nov 2023Land at West Essex Golf Club and Netherhouse Farm, Bury Road, Chingford, E4 7QL
Received 27 Nov 2023199, Former Larkins Farm, Nine Ashes Road, High Ongar, Ongar, CM4 0JY
Received 28 Nov 2023BT Telephone Exchange, Bansons Lane, Ongar, CM5 9AR
Received 28 Nov 202346, York Hill, Loughton, IG10 1HU
Received 28 Nov 202316, Alderton Hill, Loughton, IG10 3JB
Received 28 Nov 202314, Wormley Court, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3HW
Received 28 Nov 2023Land between 25 and 32 Westbury Lane, Westbury Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5NF
Received 28 Nov 20231-6 Shernbroke Road Hostel Shernbroke Road Waltham Abbey EN9 3JF
Received 28 Nov 2023157, Lambourne Road, Chigwell, IG7 6EJ
Received 28 Nov 20231, Ducketts Mead, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EG
Received 28 Nov 20231, Coteford Close, Loughton, IG10 2NT
Received 28 Nov 202349, Beamish Close, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6JW
Received 29 Nov 202343, Loughton Way, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6AS
Received 29 Nov 202355, Broadstrood, Loughton, IG10 2SB
Received 29 Nov 2023Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mill Museum, Beaulieu Drive, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1JY
Received 29 Nov 2023Tyler's Road Nursery , Tylers Road, Roydon, CM19 5LG
Received 29 Nov 2023105, Manor Road, Chigwell, IG7 5PN
Received 29 Nov 2023Tower 65m From 3 Kensington Park, Oak Hill Road 37m From Kensington Park, Nupers Lane, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1AF
Received 29 Nov 2023Great Gregories Farm, Great Gregories Lane, Epping, CM16 4EJ
Received 29 Nov 202328, Barnaby Way, Chigwell, IG7 6NZ
Received 29 Nov 20238, Stanmore Way, Loughton, IG10 2SA
Received 29 Nov 2023North Wilmore Barn, Workers Road, High Laver, Ongar, CM5 0DZ
Received 30 Nov 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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