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The Briars, Old House Lane, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5DN

EPF/0233/26Householder planning permissionRefused
Householder

Refused on 1 April 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing outbuilding and replacement with a new outbuilding for use as summerhouse (resubmission of refused application EPF/2526/24).

Received
4 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Roydon and Lower Nazeing
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Briars, Old House Lane, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5DN. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Roydon and Lower Nazeing. We hold 228 applications in total for the CM19 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
CM19 5DN
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Roydon

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2026
Consultation expiry
27 February 2026
Consultation end
27 February 2026

Appeal history

6010707
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 July 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
18

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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