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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 dates52,973Searchable applications
402Recorded as pending
80%Approval rate · 44,941 approved or refused records
9,130Refused applications
35,811 approved · 9,130 refused · 2,885 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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More application records
- Decision MadeEPF/1466/25
Proposed American barn style stables together with menage/arena and change of use to equine.
Spencer House, King Street, High Ongar, Ongar, CM5 9NR
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1470/25
Conversion of garage to habitable space.
37, Alderton Way, Loughton, IG10 3EQ
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1469/25
Removal of condition restricting permitted development rights on EPF/2379/18 and previous applications for the site.
Brackley, Abridge Road, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7NN
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1467/25
Garden studio to rear of property.
1, Dukes Avenue, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7HG
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1468/25
Prior approval for a 5.87m deep Proposed ground floor rear extension, internal alterations and all associated works, height to eaves 2.43m and maximum height 3.69m.
6, Maple Close, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6HW
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1471/25
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed single storey rear extension and garage conversion.
24A, High Beech Road, Loughton, IG10 4BL
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1472/25
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed ground floor rear extension.
9, Glebelands, Chigwell, IG7 4QG
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1473/25
Variation of conditions 2, 8 and 9 of EPF/0591/24 (Erection of building and plant room, alterations and improvements to North Bungalow to provide Community Diagnostic Centre; Reorganisation of car park and provision of drop off parking area and ambulance / disabled parking; gas store; cycle store; landscaping; lighting; photo-voltaic system on roof areas; external roof top plant and ancillary works/infrastructure).
Spencer Close, The Plain, Epping, CM16 6TN
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1474/25
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 on planning permission EPF/1574/24 (Change of use from waste land to garden).
6, Tewkesbury Close, Loughton, IG10 3NT
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1475/25
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 5 and 6 of EPF/0595/22 (Change of use of scrub land to Class B2 (General Industrial) and B8 (Storage or Distribution)).
Maxens Yard, Galley Hill Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2AG
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1477/25
Approval of Details of Condition 5 'Remediation and Verification' EPF/1473/21 (Redevelopment of commercial site to provide 9no. dwellings with associated access, hardstanding, landscaping and parking) Following partial discharge under EPF/0926/23
Woodside Farm (now Woodside View), Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1ER
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1476/25
Prior approval for additional storey to existing dwelling with a maximum height of 8 metres.
36 Scotland Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5NR
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1478/25
Demolition of existing porch extensions, reverting back to the original house building line and construction of single-storey porch.
26, Station Road, Loughton, IG10 4NX
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1479/25
Amended application to EPF/1150/23 for additional ground mounted solar panels.
Hall Farm, Greensted Road, Ongar, CM5 9LD
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1480/25
Permission in principle for one dwelling.
Bottles Lodge, Stondon Road, Ongar
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1481/25
Application to discharge requirement 12 (Stage 5b) – Ecological Management Strategy 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 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1482/25
Variation of condition 2 of EPF/2511/24 (Demolition of existing dwelling houses and garage building on the sites of No.1 and No. 2 Rest Harrow and erection of two new dwellinghouses).
Rest Harrow, Millers Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6DG
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1483/25
Variation to Condition 2 of EPF/3282/21. (Demolition of existing dwelling and detached residential annexe. Removal of existing vehicular access. Construction of new residential apartment block containing 14 dwellings.)
38, Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3BS
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1484/25
Variation of condition 4 materials of EPF/2146/24 (Erection of a single storey wraparound extension).
81, Oakwood Hill, Loughton, IG10 3EP
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1486/25
Proposed erection of a single-storey timber-framed detached garage building within the site frontage to accommodate two cars.
Wrights Farm, Bournebridge Lane, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1LU
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1485/25
Replacement front entrance porch. Proposed two storey side / rear extension. Proposed first floor rear extension over existing ground floor.
31, Upland Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6NJ
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1487/25
Non-Material Amendment to EPF/1445/24 (Ground floor rear extension, first floor rear extension, loft conversion & garage into habitable room).
10, Farm Way, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5AH
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1488/25
Prior Approval for additional storey to existing dwelling.
1 Kerrs Bungalows, High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6BA
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeEPF/1489/25
Prior Approval for additional storey to existing dwelling.
2 Kerrs Bungalows, High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6BA
Received 22 Jul 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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