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144, Greenacres, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 5BQ

EPF/1423/26Householder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 1 September 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions8 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing front porch and removal of swimming pool in rear garden. Proposed front extension and remodelling of front façade, roof extension, two storey rear extension, alterations to fenestration on side elevations and internal reworking of existing dwellinghouse.

Received
22 July 2026
Ward
Chigwell with Lambourne
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.13 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 144, Greenacres, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 5BQ. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Chigwell with Lambourne. 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 5BQ
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chigwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2026
Consultation expiry
13 August 2026
Consultation end
13 August 2026

Additional information

Documents
12

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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