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31, Rous Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6BN

EPF/1038/24Lawful Development Certificate: ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 9 July 2024

Council decision: Not LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for a proposed hip to gable roof alteration.

Received
17 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Buckhurst Hill East
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 31, Rous Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6BN. 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 221 applications in total for the IG9 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
IG9 6BN
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Buckhurst Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2024
Consultation expiry
13 June 2024
Consultation end
13 June 2024

Additional information

Documents
9

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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