Epping Forest District Council

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

Epping Forest District Council is the district, borough or city council for Epping Forest. It collects bins and council tax, and decides planning applications. Schools, roads and social care here are run by the county council, Essex. ONS places 3,578 postcodes in use in Epping Forest, in 19 postcode districts across 5 postcode areas.

88% of homes and businesses in Epping Forest can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 1,284 homes and businesses in Epping Forest in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Its own pages listed
17
Postcodes in use
3,578
Postcode districts
19
Towns and villages
15

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

Epping Forest District Council

eppingforestdc.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on Epping Forest District Council's own website

Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.

Bins and recycling

Council tax

Planning and building

Housing

Report a problem

Councillors, voting and complaints

The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Epping Forest District Council. GOV.UK lists 18. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 1 page had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left it out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in Epping Forest?

Across Epping Forest, 88% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 73% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre73% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)88% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)97% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)Under 1%

For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much is council tax in Epping Forest?

Band D for 2026‑27: £2,277 a year

Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is twice it.

BandA year
Band A£1,518
Band B£1,771
Band C£2,024
Band D£2,277
Band E£2,783
Band F£3,289
Band G£3,795
Band H£4,554

Band D is the average across the area, including the county council, police, fire and combined authority charges, and parish or town council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How many homes in Epping Forest are at risk of flooding?

Across Epping Forest, the Environment Agency puts 1,284 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 378 postcodes with any property at risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 378 postcodes High: 755Medium: 529Low: 1,958Very low: 1,748

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Surface water

In Epping Forest the Environment Agency counts 4,283 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (5.9% of all its properties), 2,334 at medium risk (3.2%) and 6,974 at low risk (9.6%). Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Schools, roads and care: Essex

Epping Forest has two councils. The county council, Essex, runs schools, roads, social care and libraries here.

Everything Essex County Council does

Postcode districts with postcodes in Epping Forest

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

CM postcode area: Chelmsford, postcodes in use here:1,350 of 18,674E postcode area: East London, postcodes in use here:29 of 17,022EN postcode area: Enfield, postcodes in use here:719 of 8,536IG postcode area: Ilford, postcodes in use here:1,362 of 6,106RM postcode area: Romford, postcodes in use here:118 of 10,007

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Epping Forest.

Towns and villages

LoughtonWaltham AbbeyEppingBuckhurst HillChigwellChipping OngarLower NazeingNorth Weald BassettTheydon BoisChigwell RowSawbridgeworthHoddesdonHarlowWaltham ForestRedbridge

Is an address in Epping Forest?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

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What Epping Forest covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

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