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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
37,200 approved · 9,503 refused · 2,948 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site 2, Fyfield Business and Research Park, Fyfield Rd , Ongar, CM5 0FQ
Received 2 Dec 2025Site 1, Fyfield Business and Research Park, Fyfield Rd , Ongar, CM5 0FQ
Received 2 Dec 2025Gaynes Park Estate, Forest Cottage, Garnon Mead, Coopersale, Epping, CM16 7RJ
Received 2 Dec 2025Loughton Underground Station, Station Approach, Loughton, IG10 4PD
Received 2 Dec 2025Threshers Equestrian, Threshers Bush, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0NP
Received 3 Dec 20253, Barton Close, Chigwell, IG7 6LJ
Received 3 Dec 2025Wells Park School, School Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6NN
Received 3 Dec 2025Land to the side and rear of , 41 Townmead Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1RP
Received 3 Dec 2025Unit 4 Bansons Yard, Bansons Yard, High Street, Ongar
Received 3 Dec 2025Hobbs View, Moreton Road, Ongar, CM5 0LX
Received 3 Dec 2025Greensted Croft, Greensted Road, Ongar, CM5 9LA
Received 3 Dec 2025Rowan House, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1EJ
Received 4 Dec 202548, Woolhampton Way, Chigwell, IG7 4QJ
Received 4 Dec 20253, Woodberry Down, Epping, CM16 6RJ
Received 4 Dec 2025Walnut Tree Cottage, Wood Lane, Willingale, Ongar, CM5 0QU
Received 4 Dec 2025Forest Place, Roebuck Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5QL
Received 4 Dec 2025Imprimo Park, Unit 6a Oc Tanner Ltd, Lenthall Road, Loughton, IG10 3UF
Received 4 Dec 2025Crown Park Farm, Meadows, Bournebridge Lane, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1LU
Received 4 Dec 2025Land to the West of Ongar, Ongar, CM5
Received 4 Dec 202510, Theydon Place, Epping, CM16 4NH
Received 4 Dec 2025113, High Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5SF
Received 4 Dec 202534, Thaxted Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6AW
Received 5 Dec 2025Chestnut Cottage, Albyns Lane, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1HR
Received 5 Dec 2025404, Fencepiece Road, Chigwell, IG7 5DS
Received 5 Dec 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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