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6 Barclays Bank Plc, Market Square, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 1DN

EPF/1051/22Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 12 January 2023

Council decision: Dismissed at AppealPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Redevelopment of the former Barclays Bank to mixed use development including upward extension by way of an additional storey at roof level, retaining commercial use on the ground floor and creating a 1 no. duplex 3 bed flat across first and second floors above the commercial space with entrance at street level

Received
6 May 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Waltham Abbey West
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated9 May
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 248 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 6 Barclays Bank Plc, Market Square, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 1DN. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 251 days, 28 weeks longer than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in the Waltham Abbey conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Waltham Abbey West. We hold 2,176 applications in total for the EN9 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
EN9 1DN
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Waltham Abbey

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 May 2022
Consultation expiry
29 July 2022
Consultation end
29 July 2022
Target decision date
16 January 2023
Committee meeting
11 January 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
252 days

Appeal history

3319839
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 January 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
46

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Waltham Abbey
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Waltham Abbey
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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