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Bassett Filling Station, 215 High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6ED

EPF/0680/23Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 27 September 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing petrol station and construction of replacement petrol station with a new shop with associated bin store, underground tanks and canopy. Retention of existing EV charging points.

Received
24 March 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
North Weald Bassett
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.26 Apr
  4. Target4 Oct
  5. Decided27 Sep

Decided in 187 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Bassett Filling Station, 215 High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6ED. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 187 days, 19 weeks longer than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across North Weald Bassett. We hold 642 applications in total for the CM16 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
CM16 6ED
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
North Weald Bassett

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2023
Consultation expiry
26 April 2023
Consultation end
26 April 2023
Target decision date
4 October 2023
Committee meeting
27 September 2023
Decision issued
29 September 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
194 days

Additional information

Documents
31

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.

Source: Epping Forest

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