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St Johns C Of E Primary School, High Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5RX

EPF/0214/26Consent under Tree Preservation OrdersApproved

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

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

Proposal

TPO/EPF/07/11 (Ref: T1, T5, T7) T37: Oak - Crown reduce to allow 2m clearance from building, as specified. T42: Oak - Crown reduce by up to 2m, as specified. T44: Scots Pine - Crown reduce to allow 1m clearance from building, as specified. NB: The permitted specification of works is detailed in the conditions below.

Received
3 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Buckhurst Hill West
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Johns C Of E Primary School, High Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5RX. Epping Forest has handled 498 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Buckhurst Hill West. We hold 221 applications in total for the IG9 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
IG9 5RX
Application type
Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Buckhurst Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Consultation end
26 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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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