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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
30,821 approved · 7,842 refused · 2,582 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Maybrand Farm Bournebridge Lane Stapleford Abbotts Romford RM4 1LT
Received 3 Jul 20243 Church Cottages, Rosary Cottage, Church Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PS
Received 3 Jul 20245, Coolgardie Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5AU
Received 4 Jul 202484, Monkswood Avenue, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1LD
Received 4 Jul 202467, Moreton Road, Ongar, CM5 0AR
Received 4 Jul 202412, Lower Park Road, Loughton, IG10 4NA
Received 4 Jul 2024Mitchells Farm, Gutteridge Lane , Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1EG
Received 4 Jul 2024Mitchells Farm, Gutteridge Lane , Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1EG
Received 4 Jul 2024Little Oak, School Lane, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0PH
Received 4 Jul 202440, Orchard Drive, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7DJ
Received 5 Jul 2024230, High Road, Loughton, IG10 1EZ
Received 5 Jul 2024Civic Offices, Epping Forest District Council, 323 High Street, Epping, CM16 4BZ
Received 5 Jul 2024Former School, Centrepoint Building and Council Depot, Land at St John's Road, Epping, CM16 4BD
Received 5 Jul 202420, Great Lawn, Ongar, CM5 0AA
Received 8 Jul 2024Middlebrook, Epping Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2DH
Received 8 Jul 2024Merryleas, Common Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2DF
Received 8 Jul 202442, Thaxted Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6AW
Received 8 Jul 202442, Longfields, Ongar, CM5 9BZ
Received 8 Jul 202418, The Broadway, Loughton, IG10 3ST
Received 8 Jul 2024Bakers Lane Car Park, Bakers Lane, Bakers Lane, Epping, CM16 5BD
Received 8 Jul 20245, Church Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1DX
Received 8 Jul 2024St Leonards Farm, St Leonards Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2HG
Received 8 Jul 20244, Lancaster Drive, Loughton, IG10 3NQ
Received 8 Jul 2024Corner Garth, Nursery Road, Loughton, IG10 4EF
Received 8 Jul 2024Records 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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