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Merryleas Common Road Waltham Abbey EN9 2DF

EPF/1433/20Notification of works to a tree in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 13 August 2020

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Nazeing & South Roydon Conservation Area T2-T6: Ash - Crown reduce by up to one third. T1-T6: Ash - Crown lift to 5m. Crown clean & removal of crossing branches.

Received
7 July 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Merryleas Common Road Waltham Abbey EN9 2DF. Epping Forest has handled 498 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in the Nazeing and South Roydon conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,176 applications in total for the EN9 postcode area.

95% of trees 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
EN9 2DF
Application type
Notification of works to a tree in a conservation area
Development type
C3 - Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Roydon

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2020
Consultation expiry
31 July 2020
Consultation start
9 July 2020
Consultation end
31 July 2020
Last date for comments
31 July 2020
Target decision date
18 August 2020
Committee meeting
13 August 2020
Application expires
18 August 2020
Permission expires
13 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Nazeing and South Roydon
  • Green belt: Epping Forest
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Nazeing and South Roydon
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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