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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
34,729 approved · 8,917 refused · 2,832 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1, Holly Close, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6HT
Received 16 Apr 202548, Baldwins Hill, Loughton, IG10 1SF
Received 16 Apr 2025The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7NR
Received 14 Apr 2025Brook House, Harlow Road, Moreton, Ongar, CM5 0DL
Received 16 Apr 2025Jemswood, Widows Farm, Toot Hill Road, Ongar, CM5 9QR
Received 16 Apr 20256, The Maltings, Palmers Hill, Epping, CM16 6SG
Received 15 Apr 202530A, Stag Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5TD
Received 16 Apr 20251, Langston Road, Loughton, IG10 3SD
Received 16 Apr 2025Land West of Merlin Way, North Weald Airfield, North Weald Bassett, CM16 6AA
Received 16 Apr 2025Adjacent To Monkswood Nursery Pick Hill Demolition Yard, Pick Hill, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3LE
Received 16 Apr 2025Byrneville, Back Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RS
Received 16 Apr 2025Hunters Hall Farm, Chambers Manor Farm Lane, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PL
Received 16 Apr 2025Harlow Garden Centre, Canes Lane, Hastingwood, Harlow, CM17 9LD
Received 16 Apr 202520-22, Forest Road, Loughton, IG10 1DX
Received 16 Apr 2025Sunnydene, King Street, High Ongar, Ongar, CM5 9NS
Received 16 Apr 20251, Langston Road, Loughton, IG10 3SD
Received 16 Apr 202528, Ollards Grove, Loughton, IG10 4DW
Received 16 Apr 2025Valley View, Colemans Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2EA
Received 16 Apr 2025Byrneville, Back Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RS
Received 16 Apr 202560, Garnon Mead, Coopersale, Epping, CM16 7RW
Received 17 Apr 20256, Ducketts Mead, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EG
Received 17 Apr 202512, Lower Park Road, Loughton, IG10 4NA
Received 17 Apr 202530 Bridge Hill and Land to the Rear, Epping, CM16 4ER
Received 17 Apr 2025New Barns Farm, Threshers, Roding Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6BJ
Received 17 Apr 2025Records 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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