St Leonards Farm, St Leonards Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2HG

EPF/0256/26Full planning permissionAwaiting decision

Full

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

Proposal

Change of use of vacant agricultural building to Class B8 storage or distribution and layout of vehicular parking spaces and all ancillary works.

Received: 9 February 2026
Council: Epping Forest District Council
Ward: Roydon and Lower Nazeing

ReceivedReceived9 Feb
ValidatedValidated20 Mar
Consult.Consultation17 Apr
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at St Leonards Farm, St Leonards Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2HG. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building 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 2,176 applications in total for the EN9 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: EN9 2HG
Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Nazeing

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 17 April 2026
Consultation end: 17 April 2026

Additional information

Documents: 22

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.

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

Source: Epping Forest

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