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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
28,388 approved · 7,163 refused · 2,336 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Mulberry, Woodbury Hill, Loughton, IG10 1JB
Received 19 Dec 202315, Stradbroke Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5QU
Received 19 Dec 202329, The Crescent, Loughton, IG10 4PY
Received 19 Dec 2023Land off Toot Hill Road, Greensted Green, CM5 9LQ
Received 19 Dec 2023Land to the East of St. Leonards Road, Lower Nazeing
Received 19 Dec 2023128, Queens Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5BJ
Received 19 Dec 202315, Barnard Acres, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2LZ
Received 19 Dec 202315, Barnard Acres, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2LZ
Received 19 Dec 20231, Coopersale Common, Coopersale, Epping, CM16 7QS
Received 20 Dec 2023Daiglen School, 68 Palmerston Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5LG
Received 20 Dec 20237, Luctons Avenue, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5SG
Received 20 Dec 2023151-153, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9JD
Received 20 Dec 2023Mill House Farm, Theydon Road, Epping, CM16 4DL
Received 20 Dec 202335, Ongar Road, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1UD
Received 20 Dec 20232, Silver Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1RJ
Received 20 Dec 2023Derwen, Vicarage Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6LS
Received 20 Dec 202333, Fontayne Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5HD
Received 20 Dec 202355, Princes Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5DZ
Received 20 Dec 202353, Algers Road, Loughton, IG10 4NF
Received 20 Dec 202353, Algers Road, Loughton, IG10 4NF
Received 20 Dec 2023ZWF MIDWAY GARAGE, 91 LONDON ROAD, CHIGWELL, ESSEX, RM4 1XL
Received 20 Dec 2023Land North of Chelmsford Road, Ongar, CM5 9LX
Received 20 Dec 2023Hunters Hall Farm, Chambers Manor Farm Lane, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PL
Received 20 Dec 202367, Coronation Hill, Epping, CM16 5DT
Received 21 Dec 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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