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56, Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5ET

EPF/0497/26Householder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 1 May 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Garage conversion to habitable space.

Received
10 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Grange Hill
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 56, Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5ET. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Grange Hill. We hold 580 applications in total for the IG7 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
IG7 5ET
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chigwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Consultation end
2 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
15

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    11 Mar

    Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed loft conversion with rear dormer and single storey rear…

    PendingLawful Development Certificate: ProposedFiled alongsideEPF/0507/26
  2. 2026
    10 Mar

    Garage conversion to habitable space.

    This applicationApprovedFullEPF/0497/26

Source: Epping Forest

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