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North Weald Methodist Church, High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6HW

EPF/1202/24Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 27 September 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from Class F1 to Class E

Received
7 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Weald Bassett
  1. Received7 Jun
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Sep

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at North Weald Methodist Church, High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6HW. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Epping Forest's typical decision time. 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 6HW
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Weald Bassett

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2024
Consultation expiry
28 August 2024
Consultation end
28 August 2024

Additional information

Documents
16

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    22 May

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No.s 4: Parking Layout and Electric Vehicle Charging Points: 5…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsEPF/1015/26
  2. 2024
    7 Jun

    Change of use from Class F1 to Class E

    This applicationRefusedFullEPF/1202/24

Source: Epping Forest

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