Wells Park School, School Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6NN

EPF/0420/26Lawful Development Certificate: ProposedAwaiting decision

Outline / PiP

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed single storey building, refurbishment of the eastern wing of the existing school building and alterations to the play area.

Received: 26 February 2026
Council: Epping Forest District Council
Ward: Chigwell with Lambourne

ReceivedReceived26 Feb
ValidatedValidated26 Feb
Consult.Consultation24 Mar
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Wells Park School, School Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6NN. Epping Forest has handled 747 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Chigwell with Lambourne. We hold 580 applications in total for the IG7 postcode area.

80% of outline 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: IG7 6NN
Application type: Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Chigwell

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 24 March 2026
Consultation end: 24 March 2026

Additional information

Documents: 11

Site constraints

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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.

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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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