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Ivy Chimneys County Primary School, Ivy Chimneys, Epping, CM16 4EP

EPF/1020/24Lawful Development Certificate: ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 July 2024

Council decision: Lawful

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for a proposed new modular building with PV panels for permanent use, a proposed canopy and the relocation of the existing pergola.

Received
16 May 2024
Ward
Epping Hemnall
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.11 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Ivy Chimneys County Primary School, Ivy Chimneys, Epping, CM16 4EP. Epping Forest has handled 747 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Epping Forest's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 642 applications in total for the CM16 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
CM16 4EP
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Epping

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2024
Consultation expiry
11 June 2024
Consultation end
11 June 2024

Additional information

Documents
13

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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