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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 dates50,322Searchable applications
421Recorded as pending
80%Approval rate · 42,294 approved or refused records
8,632Refused applications
33,662 approved · 8,632 refused · 2,772 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0222/25
Waltham Abbey Conservation Area G1: 10 x Ash, Hawthorn - Fell.
Cornmill Meadows, Crooked Mile, Waltham Abbey
Received 30 Jan 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0223/25
Extension to patio, construction of a gazebo.
Humphreys, Greenman Road, Magdalen Laver, Ongar, CM5 0ER
Received 30 Jan 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0221/25
Refurbishment works to existing Greggs' shop including replacing signage like for like and repainting shopfront.
14, Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1EE
Received 30 Jan 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0224/25
Non-Material Amendment to EPF/1680/21 (Application for amendment to EPF/0459/15 to raise front gable and ridge of new roof) - Addition of a roof lantern and change a window on second floor rear elevation to a door opening with Juliet balcony.
31, Piercing Hill, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7JW
Received 31 Jan 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0225/25
TPO/EPF/14/96 T0666, T0704, T0697: Holly - Coppice to a finish height of 0.5m, as specified. T0682: Holly - Crown reduce in height by up to 2m, as specified. T0605, T0608, T0609, T0611, T0612, T0613, T0614, T0615: Hybrid black Poplar - Pollard to previous pruning points, as specified. T0623: Lime – Crown reduce height and lateral spread by up to 4.5m, as specified. T0668: Yew – Crown reduce height by up to 2m, as specified. T0675: Common Oak – Crown reduce height and laterally by up to 2m, as specified. T0698: Holly - Pollard stem to north at a height of up to 3m, as specified. T0777: Holm Oak – Crown reduce by up to 2m, as specified. Remove small diameter lateral branch rubbing against T0776, as specified. T0781: Yew - Crown lift over pathway to allow 3m clearance from ground level, as specified. G19: Mixed species - Thin out dead stems and leaning trees with weak foothold, cut back to maintain clearance over footpath, as specified.
Cedar Park, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 5AL
Received 27 Jan 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0226/25
Application to discharge requirement 3 – Written scheme setting out all stages of the authorised development (SW 3 C) by National Grid Electricity Transmission plc for an Order Granting Development Consent for the North London Reinforcement Project for the uprating of an existing 275kV transmission line of approximately 14km in length from Waltham Cross substation to Tottenham substation to enable it to run at a voltage of 400kV, together with associated development.
Waltham Cross to Tottenham Substation, near to Highbridge Street, Waltham Abbey
Received 31 Jan 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0227/25
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed rear dormer and 3 roof lights to front roof slope.
68, Wellfields, Loughton, IG10 1NY
Received 31 Jan 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0228/25
Prior approval for demolition and removal of two dwellings to be replaced with hardstanding and existing garden areas to remain as grassland.
Sewardstone Hall Farm, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RH
Received 31 Jan 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0230/25
Gate House building, security blocks, vehicular barriers, fencing and associated works.
Land within North Weald Airfield at Gate A entrance.
Received 31 Jan 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0231/25
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 10 privacy screens and 12 Ecological enhancement scheme of EPF/2868/20 allowed on appeal (Proposed 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 31 Jan 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0233/25
Erection of a single storey rear extension to replace an existing conservatory.
59, Greenfield Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1HL
Received 3 Feb 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0232/25
Single storey extention to rear of property. Double storey extension to side to replace existing lean-to. Porch to front of building. Move bedroom and bathroom windows from side to front and back.
26, Centre Drive, Epping, CM16 4JG
Received 3 Feb 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0234/25
Certificate of lawful development for proposed side extension.
Maycroft, Epping Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5HT
Received 3 Feb 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0235/25
Side and rear extension.
103, St Johns Road, Epping, CM16 5DW
Received 3 Feb 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0236/25
Removal of Condition 3 of planning permission ref: EPF/1539/99 (appeal ref.no: T/APP/J1535/A/00/1037628/P8)(“The premises shall be used for the sale of food and drink for consumption on the premises with an ancillary takeaway facility and for no other purpose (including any other purpose in Class A3 of the Schedule to the Town & Country Planning Act (Use Classes) Order 1987, or any provision equivalent to that Order).” .
275-277 Caffe Uno, High Road, Loughton, IG10 1AH
Received 3 Feb 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0237/25
Construct single storey rear extension to enlarge a bathroom and replace space to be used as a bedroom by a registered disabled person.
2, Moreton Bridge, Moreton, Ongar, CM5 0LL
Received 3 Feb 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0238/25
Single storey first floor side extension and addition of front porch.
1, Gravel Close, Chigwell, IG7 6BZ
Received 3 Feb 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0239/25
Rear extension and replacement front porch.
29, Kettlebury Way, Ongar, CM5 9EX
Received 3 Feb 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0240/25
Loft conversion with dormers.
Goldings Croft, Clays Lane, Loughton, IG10 2RZ
Received 3 Feb 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0241/25
Proposed covered, open-sided outside kitchen in the rear garden.
25, Piercing Hill, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7JW
Received 4 Feb 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0242/25
Loft conversion with rear dormer and 3 roof lights to front.
9, Langland Place, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5FS
Received 4 Feb 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0243/25
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed loft conversion with rear dormer and 3 roof lights to front.
9, Langland Place, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5FS
Received 4 Feb 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0248/25
Variation to Conditions 2 & 3 on Planning Permission EPF/0370/23 (Front porch replacement with additional storey front and rear and internal re-modelling works).
50 Sunnymede, Chigwell, IG7 6ES
Received 3 Feb 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/0247/25
TPO/EPF/08/96 (Ref: A1) T1: Maple - Fell and replace, as specified.
37A, Palmerston Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5PA
Received 4 Feb 2025
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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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