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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 dates48,824Searchable applications
409Recorded as pending
80%Approval rate · 40,825 approved or refused records
8,324Refused applications
32,501 approved · 8,324 refused · 2,713 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2150/24
Demolition of existing garage and rear extension, construction of new single storey rear and two storey side extensions, conversion of loft with new rear facing dormer (Amended application to EPF/1656/24).
21, Wimborne Close, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5DN
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2152/24
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed single storey rear extension.
13, Colson Path, Loughton, IG10 3QZ
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2151/24
Proposed single storey infill extension. Internal alteration works.
27, Gladstone Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5SW
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2153/24
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed pool house.
41, Scotland Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5NP
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2156/24
Conversion of existing integral garage into habitable room, new front door, entrance canopy, and fenestration changes to the rear elevation.
20, Roebuck Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5QN
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2154/24
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed rear outbuilding.
20, Roebuck Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5QN
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2155/24
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed gym/garden room.
Victory House, Waples Mill Road, Abbess Beauchamp And Berners Roding, Ongar, CM5 0TE
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2158/24
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 5'Sound Insulation' on planning permission EPF/1381/24 (Erection of a rear extension to the existing ground floor commercial unit (Class E), following the demolition of the existing single-storey building at the rear ground floor level, with associated works, and replacement of the shop front)
230, High Road, Loughton, IG10 1EZ
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2157/24
Variation of condition 2'Plan Numbers' on planning permission EPF/2868/20 allowed on appeal (mixed-use development to provide 35 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) and 512 sqm of commercial floorspace (Use Class E) together with cycle and car parking, landscaping, provision of new pavement and loading bay on Brook Mews and associated infrastructure).
177, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6NX
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2160/24
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed rear dormer and front roof lights in connection with a loft conversion.
47, Pecks Hill, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2NX
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2159/24
Change of use from restaurant (Class E) to hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) with extraction flue to the rear.
52, High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6BY
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2161/24
Ground floor side extension
18B, York House, York Hill, Loughton, IG10 1RL
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2162/24
Change of use from Class F1 (place of worship) to Class E (g)(i) (offices) (Revised Scheme to EPF/1202/24).
North Weald Methodist Church, High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6HW
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2163/24
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 5 'CEMP-Biodiversity' on planning permission EPF/0016/19 (Proposed development of x 23 no. new homes with associated parking facilities, cycle stores and rubbish disposal).
Gypsy Mead Works, Ongar Road, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0RB
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2164/24
Proposal for a two-part double-storey front extension + skylights along the rear roof slope.
101A, Wolstenholme, Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3AU
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2165/24
Erection of 7 homes, the creation of a new vehicular access off Brentwood Road, a new car park for The Stag public house, and associated landscaping and infrastructure.
Stag Inn, Adjacent To, Brentwood Road, Ongar, CM5 9DH
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2166/24
Variation to condition 2 'Plan no's' on planning permission EPF/1859/19 (Proposed demolition of existing house and garage with erection of x 3 no. new chalet style dwellings)
Ashlings Farm, Ashlings Farm Lane, High Ongar, Ingatestone, CM4 0JU
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2167/24
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed garage conversion and single storey rear extension.
38, Kendal Avenue, Epping, CM16 4PR
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2168/24
Double storey side extension
89, Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6EP
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2169/24
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 'Elevation Drawing' on EPF/1424/23 Allowed on appeal (Removal and replacement of existing 1.7m high metal gates with traditional timber and new brick support piers. Erection of new boundary wall up to 1.0m high).
Netherhall Farm, Netherhall Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5JP
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2170/24
Prior approval for the addition of a first floor.
The Oaks, Chelmsford Road, High Ongar, Ongar, CM5 9NW
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2171/24
Nazeing & South Roydon Conservation Area T1: Ash - Fell.
Shadwalkers, Middle Street, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2LH
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2172/24
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 5'Ecology' and condition 10 'Super Fast Broadband' on planning permission EPF/1033/23 allowed on appeal (Demolish existing house. Replace with 2 detached houses” without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref EPF/1508/18, dated 15 July 2021)
16, Eleven Acre Rise, Loughton, IG10 1AN
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeEPF/2173/24
Construction of a Single-Storey Dwelling with Associated Woodland Management and Sustainability Enhancements.
Days Farm, Lippitts Hill, Loughton, IG10 4AL
Received 28 Oct 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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