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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37,200 approved · 9,503 refused · 2,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Mickleham, Theydon Road, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 4EE
Received 5 Dec 202538, Crooked Mile, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1PS
Received 5 Dec 2025High Beech Hall, Church Road, Waltham Abbey, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Received 5 Dec 202525, Hemnall Street, Epping, CM16 4LU
Received 5 Dec 2025Smith's Restaurant, Fyfield Road, Ongar, CM5 0AL
Received 5 Dec 2025Saint Albans Church Hall, Coopersale Common, Coopersale, Epping, CM16 7QT
Received 5 Dec 202531, Crows Road, Epping, CM16 5DE
Received 8 Dec 2025Duke Of Wellington Public House, 36 High Street, Epping, CM16 4AE
Received 8 Dec 2025265, Central House, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9AA
Received 8 Dec 2025265, Central House, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9AA
Received 8 Dec 202536, Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5ET
Received 8 Dec 2025Mount Farm, Tawney Common, Theydon Mount, Epping, CM16 7PX
Received 8 Dec 202573, Avondale Drive, Loughton, IG10 3DE
Received 9 Dec 2025Total Waste Management, Woodside, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6LF
Received 9 Dec 20257, Highwood Lane, Loughton, IG10 3LS
Received 9 Dec 202521, Theydon Place, Epping, CM16 4NH
Received 9 Dec 202511, Walton Gardens, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1BL
Received 9 Dec 2025Lincombe, Epping Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PW
Received 9 Dec 2025Hawthorns, The Street, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7LX
Received 9 Dec 2025Units A-B-C 15 Cartersfield Road and Unit D 6 Cartersfield Road Waltham Abbey EN9 1JD
Received 9 Dec 202531, Hillcrest Road, Loughton, IG10 4QH
Received 9 Dec 202528, Ollards Grove, Loughton, IG10 4DW
Received 9 Dec 20252, Potters Close, Loughton, IG10 1JQ
Received 9 Dec 2025191, Lambourne Park Farm, Hoe Lane, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1NP
Received 9 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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