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35, Police Station, Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1EL

EPF/0258/26Full planning permissionAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

2 storey side extension, 2 storey rear extension and part conversion of existing building to accommodate 1 commercial unit (Use Class E) and 8 flats. Pruning of Myrobalan Plum tree to reduce crown located to the east of the site. Associated landscaping, car parking and cycle parking.

Received
10 February 2026
Ward
Waltham Abbey West
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 35, Police Station, Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1EL. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Waltham Abbey conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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 1EL
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Waltham Abbey

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026
Consultation expiry
14 April 2026
Consultation end
14 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
42

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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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