Land at Upland Road, Upland Road, Epping

EPF/1428/25Full planning permissionAwaiting decision

Full

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

Proposal

The construction and operation of a solar photovoltaic (‘PV’) farm (up to 49.9 MW) and associated infrastructure, including inverters, DNO Substation, Customer Switchgear, cable connection, security cameras, fencing, access tracks and landscaping

Received: 16 July 2025
Council: Epping Forest District Council
Ward: Epping West and Rural

ReceivedReceived16 Jul
ValidatedValidated16 Jul
Consult.Consultation24 Sep
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land at Upland Road, Upland Road, Epping. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 July 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Epping conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Epping West and Rural.

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

Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Epping Upland

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 July 2025
Consultation expiry: 24 September 2025
Consultation end: 24 September 2025

Additional information

Documents: 114

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Epping
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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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© 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.

Source: Epping Forest

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