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Block A, The Bowls, Viarage Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6ND

EPF/1334/26Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 September 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions3 conditions

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

Proposal

Replacement of the White PVC cladding and White spandrel panels, with a Grey Non-combustible A1 cladding and Grey Non-combustible spandrel panels.

Received
7 July 2026
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Block A, The Bowls, Viarage Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6ND. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Epping Forest's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 580 applications in total for the IG7 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
IG7 6ND
Application type
Full planning permission

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2026

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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