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1 Woodbrook Gardens, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3DA
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed single storey side extension.
Sheperds Cottage, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX
8m single storey rear extension to the main dwelling. Compliant under Permitted Development Policy.
27, Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6EN
Certificate of Lawful Development proposed loft conversion with rear dormer.
The Little Rookery, St Leonards Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2HJ
Certificate of Lawful Development Proposed Rear dormer extended
High Beech C Of E Primary School, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
TPO/EPF/18/93 (Ref: T7 Sycamore, T10 Oak, T22 Ash, G3 Mixed, G2 Ash) T9: Sycamore - Monolith to 2m, as specified. T12: Oak - Crown reduce by up to 2.5m, as specified. T34: Ash - Crown reduce by u
Roding Valley Recreation Ground Changing Rooms , Near Roding Road, Loughton , IG10 3BS
Demolition of two derelict buildings (football changing room blocks).
24, The Orangery, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6DL
Replacement of existing tractor shed with new outbuilding (gym).
McDonald's Restaurant, London Road, Harlow, CM17 9LH
Variation of Condition 8 of EPF/0255/99 Hours of Use (Revised application for demolition of existing public house and redevelopment for A3 restaurant use).
Rose Cottage, Epping Long Green, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6QN
Construction of garden room.
Woodbury House, Woodbury Hill, Loughton, IG10 1JB
Two storey side extension.
Threeways Nursery, Sedge Green, Roydon, CM19 5JS
Certificate of Lawful Development for existing use of Building as Workshop Within Class E(g)(iii) in excess of 10 years.
15, Bower Hill, Epping, CM16 7AD
Ancillary rear annexe.
Land adjacent to 1 Kings Cottages, Epping Green, Epping, CM16 6PR
Construction of a detached infill dwelling.
1, Barfields Path, Loughton, IG10 3JJ
Demolition of wc and store to side elevation. Erection of single storey rear and side extension and front porch. Removal of first floor cladding and replacement with new render elevations.
15, Spareleaze Hill, Loughton, IG10 1BS
Proposed extensions, roofing works including solar panels and dormers, boundary treatments and creation of therapy space (Revised application to EPF/1230/26).
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When Epping Forest District Council refuses an application, or does not decide it in time, the applicant can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. An appeal that is allowed is one the council lost. Raw rates are not comparable between councils, because some kinds of appeal are allowed far more often than others, so the Inspectorate's national rate for each kind is applied to this council's own caseload to give the rate its mix predicts.
Epping Forest District Council, raw rate
30.2%
of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand
Expected for this mix of appeals
29.7%
what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload
0.5 percentage points above expected. Epping Forest District Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.
1,350 appeals counted, 1,267 judged either way (383 allowed, 884 dismissed), 83 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
Each kind of appeal against the national rate for the same kind. This is the comparison the headline is built from.
| Appeal type | Cases | Judged | Allowed | This council | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 737 | 719 | 187 | 26% | 28.8% |
| Householder (HAS) | 404 | 395 | 165 | 41.8% | 35.6% |
| Enforcement Notice | 145 | 101 | 16 | 15.8% | 13.5% |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 29 | 20 | 5 | 25% | 25% |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 23 | 22 | 8 | 36.4% | 36.9% |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | 3 | 3 | 0 | Too few judged | 8.1% |
| Tree Preservation Order | 3 | 2 | 1 | Too few judged | 20.6% |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | Too few judged | 33.3% |
| Tree Replacement Notice | 2 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 31.9% |
| High Hedges | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 28.5% |
| Section 106 Agreement | 1 | 1 | 1 | Too few judged | 39.8% |
“Judged” counts appeals allowed or dismissed. The rest were withdrawn, invalid, split or unrecorded, and are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. A percentage is published only where at least 5 appeals were judged either way. Where it is not, the counts still are: a rate over one or two cases would claim a precision the sample cannot carry.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.
Epping Forest District Council collects contributions from developers under planning obligations, but we do not yet hold its register in a form we can publish figures from. Only a minority of authorities publish one we can read, and this is not one of them, so we show nothing rather than a figure we cannot stand behind.
Beside what the council collected from developers, this is what central government confirmed: schemes in the area with grant agreed under the Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.
Source: Homes England, schemes confirmed under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, published on GOV.UK as transparency data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as at 31 March 2025, the publication's own cut-off, so later schemes are not in them. Grant requested is the publisher's own figure at the point grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by the local authority name in the publication, which carries no planning reference.
Epping Forest District Council is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.
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You can also browse the council's own planning register on the official Epping Forest District Council planning portal.
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