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3 Old Glass House, Kents Lane, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6AX

EPF/0117/26Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 22 April 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion of dwelling into two and conversion of outbuilding into a separate dwelling and associated works

Received
19 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural East
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 93 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 3 Old Glass House, Kents Lane, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6AX. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer than Epping Forest's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 163 applications across Rural East. We hold 642 applications in total for the CM16 postcode area.

70% of full 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
CM16 6AX
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Moreton, Bobbingworth and the Lavers

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Consultation expiry
11 February 2026
Consultation end
11 February 2026

Appeal history

6009621
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 24 September 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Epping Forest
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

Source: Epping Forest

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