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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.
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Epping Forest planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates48,195Searchable applications
409Recorded as pending
80%Approval rate · 40,261 approved or refused records
8,202Refused applications
32,059 approved · 8,202 refused · 2,668 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and buildingLocal plan Planning and buildingPre-application advice Planning and buildingArticle 4 directions Planning and building
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas25 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Decision MadeEPF/1973/24
York Hill Conservation Area T1: Gleditsia - Crown reduce height by up to 3m and remaining lateral branches by up to 2.5m. T2: Prunus - Crown reduce height by up to 2m.
73 York Hill, Loughton, IG10 1HZ
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1975/24
TPO/EPF/07/74 (Ref: A1) T1: Lime - Crown reduce height and spread by up to 3m, as specified.
50, Russell Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5QE
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1974/24
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 6'Surface Water Disposal' on planning permission EPF/1420/24 (Proposed change of use of open grazed undeveloped land to provide car parking for the occupiers of the residential building)
Hoggs Farm, Carters Green, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0NX
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1976/24
TPO/EPF/15/99 T1: Mulberry - Crown reduce by up to 1m, as specified.
25, Knighton Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5HH
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1977/24
Certificate of lawful development for the proposed merging of 2 no. flats to 1 no. flat.
182, High Road, Loughton, IG10 1DN
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1979/24
Prior approval for a 4.36m deep single story rear extension with a lean-to roof accompanied with velux windows and bifold doors for natural light, height to eaves 2.40m and maximum height 3.57m.
10, Harrison Drive, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6JD
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1978/24
Demolish garage and replace with part two storey gabled side extension and part single storey pitched roof rear extension. Relocate shed.
13 Hobbs Cross Cottages, Hobbs Cross Road, Theydon Garnon, Epping, CM16 7NY
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1980/24
Proposed construction of a new detached residential building comprising a 2 storey x 1 bedroom dwelling, together with associated access, parking, and refuse storage facilities.
Land at Back Lane Buckhurst Hill, Essex, IG9 5LU rear of 61 Queens Road, Buckhurst Hill
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1981/24
Conversion of office space (Class E) to residential use to create 1no new flat.
78, High Street, Epping, CM16 4AE
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1982/24
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 'Soft Landscaping' on planning permission EPF/1743/23( Construction of an acoustic structure to mitigate current noise levels being emitted from the existing Epping Booster Pump Station)
Epping Pumping Station, Galleyhill Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2AJ
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1983/24
Ground Floor Rear Extension and wrap around Side extension. Ground Floor Front Extension with new Front Porch. First Floor Side extension. Loft Floor Roof Extension and loft Conversion, including 2 no. hip-to-Gable roof extensions.
7, Brook Way, Chigwell, IG7 6AA
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1984/24
Proposed two storey side and part rear extension, single storey rear extension and extended front porch
39, Barfields, Loughton, IG10 3JH
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1985/24
Retrospective Planning Consent for Garden Room and amendments to fenestration detailing initially granted under consent EPF/2165/21
162, High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6BZ
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1987/24
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 5 'Water Efficiency' condition 6 'Surface Water Disposal', condition 7 'Flood Risk Assessment & Drainage Strategy' on planning permission EPF/0555/24 (Variation to condition 2 "Plan No's on planning permission EPF/0073/19" (Residential development to create x 4 no. new dwellings and four garages)
Land Adjoining Brook Cottage, School Lane, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0NY
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1986/24
Single and two storey rear and side extensions replacing existing conservatory and garage/shed
49, Goldings Road, Loughton, IG10 2QR
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1988/24
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed ancillary outbuilding and garage.
5, Kendal Avenue, Epping, CM16 4PN
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1989/24
Prior approval for a proposed single-storey rear extension within 5.0 meters from the original dwellinghouse with a flat roof of no more than 3.0 meters height, eaves height 3.0m.
Tree Tops, Lippitts Hill, Loughton, IG10 4AL
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1990/24
Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed loft conversion with rear dormer and new fenestrations.
Tree Tops, Lippitts Hill, Loughton, IG10 4AL
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1991/24
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed garage.
Tree Tops, Lippitts Hill, Loughton, IG10 4AL
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1994/24
RETROSPECTIVE change of use to a mixed use, Use Class C3 residential), and Use Class D1 (Non residential institution), involving the use of two rooms as consulting rooms, to provide Diagnostic and Health screening, along with continued residential use.
2 The Heights, Bumbles Green Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2SG
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1992/24
Royal Gunpowder Factory Conservation Area G1: Willow & Alder - Coppice to ground level. T1 & T2: Willow - Pollard to 8m.
Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mill Museum, Beaulieu Drive, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1JY
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1993/24
Nazeing & South Roydon Conservation Area T1-T5: Willow - Crown reduce to previous points.
South Cottage, Betts Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2DN
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1995/24
Erection of single storey annexe to provide ancillary accessible residential accommodation.
Downswood, Matching Road, Matching, Harlow, CM22 7AS
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/1996/24
TPO/CHI/01/70 T5: Cedar - Crown reduce spread, as specified.
217, Orchard End, Lambourne Road, Chigwell, IG7 6JP
Received 27 Sept 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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