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Gunpowder Mill, Powdermill Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1JY

EPF/0018/26Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Royal Gunpowder Factory Conservation Area A1 (Bernard to Dominic Court): Mixed - Entrance of Bernard Grove to entrance of Dominic Court (lamppost 14) Reduce back branches over hanging road to kerbside up to full height (approximately 3m from tips) and cut back by 2m from any lampposts. Fell any large trees leaning towards road. Fell any dead trees within this area. A2 (Dominic to Gregory Mews): Mixed - Entrance of Dominic Court (lamppost 14) to entrance of Gregory Mews (lamppost 20). Reduce back branches over hanging road to kerbside up to full height (approximately 3m from tips) and cut back by 2m from any lampposts. Fell any large trees leaning towards road. Fell any dead trees within this area. Includes large dead Silver birch to right of lamppost No 14. A3 (Gregory Mews to GP Sign): Mixed - Entrance of Gregory Mews (lamppost 20) to Gunpowder Sign (lamppost 22). Reduce back branches over hanging road to kerbside up to full height (approximately 3m from tips) and cut back by 2m from any lampposts. Fell any large trees leaning towards road. Fell any dead trees within this area. A4 (outside St Augustine): Ash Crown cut back to full height on road side only (approximately 3m from tips) and cut back from lamppost by 2m.

Received
5 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Waltham Abbey West
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a tree application at Gunpowder Mill, Powdermill Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1JY. Epping Forest has handled 498 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Waltham Abbey West. We hold 2,176 applications in total for the EN9 postcode area.

95% of trees applications at Epping Forest District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EN9 1JY
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Waltham Abbey

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2026
Consultation expiry
29 January 2026
Consultation end
29 January 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Raise No Objection

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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