Source: Epping Forest District Council·Updated daily·Last checked 7 Oct 2026
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Plota holds 2,201 current planning applications from Epping Forest District Council, received since 5 Apr 2024, 514 of them in the last 90 days. Behind them, the Plota archive holds 30,023 earlier applications from Epping Forest District Council, 2016 to 2025, searchable by location and keyword. Current records are collected from the council's public register at eppingforestdc.my.site.com and checked every day; the last check was on 7 Oct 2026. Each record carries the council's reference, address, proposal, dates, status and decision, with a map location and Plota's classification by type and procedure added. The council's own record is the authoritative version; every entry here links to it.
Latest application from Epping Forest: 6 Oct 2026. We check the council's portal daily.