23, Princesfield Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3PJ

EPF/0608/24Lawful Development Certificate: ProposedRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 14 May 2024

Council decision: Not LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for proposed change of use from dwelling to use as dwelling providing care.

Received: 22 March 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Epping Forest District Council
Ward: Waltham Abbey Paternoster

ReceivedReceived22 Mar
ValidatedValidated22 Mar
Consult.Consultation25 Apr
TargetTarget Date17 May
DecidedDecided14 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 23, Princesfield Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3PJ. Epping Forest has handled 747 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,176 applications in total for the EN9 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode: EN9 3PJ
Application type: Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Waltham Abbey

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 March 2024
Consultation expiry: 25 April 2024
Consultation end: 25 April 2024
Target decision date: 17 May 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 2

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.

Source: Epping Forest

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