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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 dates60,279Searchable applications
402Recorded as pending
80%Approval rate · 51,984 approved or refused records
10,481Refused applications
41,503 approved · 10,481 refused · 3,134 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1996 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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.
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/1716/26
Upwards extension to create first floor.
Tree Tops, Lippitts Hill, Loughton, IG10 4AL
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationEPF/1717/26/DOV
Deed of Variation of Section 106 to EPF/2207/16.
Hillhouse, Waltham Abbey EN9 3EH
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeEPF/1718/26
A single storey rear/ wrap around extension; A first floor side/ rear wrap around extension.
15, Poplar Shaw, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3NJ
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeEPF/1719/26
Certificate of Lawful Development of loft coversion with rear dormer.
24, Rous Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6BN
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeEPF/1720/26
Single storey rear infill extension and hipped roof over existing 2 storey side extension
24, Rous Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6BN
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationEPF/1721/26
Application for the approval of details reserved by condition 4 Surface Water Disposal condition 6 Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy and condition 7 Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan of EPF/0611/26 Demolition of existing agricultural building and construction of a replacement agricultural building.
Ongar Park Hall, High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6GQ
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationEPF/1725/26
Front porch, rear 6m extension, 1F rear extension, dormer extension.
29, Mount Pleasant Road, Chigwell, IG7 5EP
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeEPF/1722/26
Approval of Detail Reserved by Condition 12 flood assessment & Condition 13 Surface Water of EPF/2207/16 (Outline application (all matters reserved, except approval sought for detail of access) for Health Centre building; 60 Independent Living Older Persons Apartments Building (Use Class C2 - with a minimum of 6 hours care to be provided per week for each apartment) minimum 40% affordable; Leisure Centre and Swimming Pool Building (to include Fitness Suite and Community Hall) ; Open Space including a mini soccer grass pitch for use by under 7/8 year olds and footpaths; Ancillary development including three vehicular accesses off Hillhouse, car parking, and SUDs Infrastructure and demolition of Ninefields Community Centre Building.)
Playing Field, Hillhouse, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3EH
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeEPF/1723/26
Proposed 6m deep single storey rear extension.
27, Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6EN
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeEPF/1724/26
Nazeing & South Roydon Conservation Area T1: Copper Beech - Fell. T2: Conifer - Fell. T3 & T4: Norway Spruce - Fell. G5: Conifer - Prune to previous points.
Beale Oaken, Tylers Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5LG
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationEPF/1726/26
Wrap around front porch and double storey side extension.
69 Coronation Hill, Epping, CM16 5DT
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationEPF/1728/26
Installation of a buggy store beneath front porch, installation of a bin store, erection of balustrades to the first floor flat roof to create a roof terrace and alterations to fenestration.
15, Regent Road, Epping, CM16 5DL
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationEPF/1729/26
Certificate of Lawful Development Proposed Single Storey Side extensions
Salcombe, Oak Hill Road, Stapleford Abbotts, RM4 1EH
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationEPF/1730/26
Erection of dog kennels, a single-storey building to be used as a teaching room, and installation of 7 parking spaces, in association of the use of the site for dog boarding kennels.
Ferrers Farm, Woolmongers Lane, High Ongar, Ongar, CM4 0JX
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeEPF/1732/26
Single Storey Rear Extension and new roof light to rear elevation.
128A, Princes Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5DS
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationEPF/1731/26
Approval of Biodiversity Gain Plan Reserved by Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) (alongside Condition 3 - HMMP under EPF/2604/25) of EPF/1546/24 (Redevelopment of the site to provide 85 dwellings including affordable housing, car and cycle parking, access arrangements, landscaping, services and associated infrastructure (ONG.R5 - Allocated Site In Ongar))
Land at Greensted Road, Chipping Ongar, CM5 9LA
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Recommendation MadeEPF/1733/26
Proposed upwards extension on existing footprint of Woodside Farm.
Woodside Farm, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1ER
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeEPF/1734/26
Removal of Condition 6: programme of historic building recording and analysis of EPF/1503/25 (Grade II listed building consent for conversion of existing outbuilding to 1 residential annexe ancillary to the main house).
The Limes, Matching Green, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0QE
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationEPF/1735/26
Single rear extension with pitched roof & new access to garage
5 Little Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3XN
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationEPF/1736/26
1st floor rear extension
Rose Cottage, Pynest Green Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3QN
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationEPF/1737/26
Outline planning application (with all matters reserved except primary vehicular accesses to the public highway) for a residential-led mixed-use development comprising up to 400 dwellings (Use Class C3), a care home (up to 80 beds, Use Class C2), elderly extra care/assisted living (up to 80 dwellings, Use Class C2 and/or C3), and a local centre, comprising a mixture of complimentary uses, including residential accommodation, local retail, and early years provision (Use Classes E and F), together with mobility hubs, public open space, public realm amenity space and outdoor play space, including a new Country Park (Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG)) and associated landscaping and infrastructure.
Land at Epping East, North of Steward Green Road and East of the Orchards, Epping, CM16
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeEPF/1738/26
Proposed front extension to replace an existing garage.
44, Ollards Grove, Loughton, IG10 4DW
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationEPF/1739/26
Expansion of the existing shop at ground-floor level, creation of a new entrance to the first-floor flat, change of use of the first floor from Class E (office) to Class C3 (residential), and construction of a new second storey to provide an additional self-contained flat.
132-136, High Road, Loughton, IG10 4BG
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeEPF/1740/26
Chigwell Village Conservation Area T1, T2: Lawsons Elwoodii - Fell. T3: Thuja - Fell. T4: Leylandi - Fell. T5, T7: Beech - Fell.
81, Christies, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6DP
Received 11 Sept 2026
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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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