Skip to content

20, Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1EE

EPF/1176/24Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 31 July 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Internal and external alterations associated with change of use at ground floor levels from resident’s car parking (Class C3) to two commercial units (Class E).

Received
7 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Waltham Abbey West
  1. Received7 Jun
  2. Validated14 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 20, Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1EE. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Waltham Abbey conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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).

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

Application details

Postcode
EN9 1EE
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Waltham Abbey

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 June 2024
Consultation expiry
9 July 2024
Consultation end
9 July 2024

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near EN9

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report