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159 Queens Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5BA

EPF/1319/26Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, Business and Service uses to DwellinghousesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 August 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions5 conditions

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

Proposal

Prior approval for change of use of first and second floors from office to residential to form one flat, ground floor to remain commercial.

Received
6 July 2026
Ward
Buckhurst Hill West
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 159 Queens Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5BA. Epping Forest has handled 747 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Buckhurst Hill West. 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 5BA
Application type
Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, Business and Service uses to Dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Buckhurst Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2026
Consultation expiry
28 July 2026
Consultation end
28 July 2026

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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