Upshire Hall Honey Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3QS

EPF/1460/20Prior approval Part 3 Class Q: Agricultural buildings to dwellinghousesRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 24 August 2020

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Prior approval for change of use of Timber barn, Brick Barn and Timber shed to five dwelling houses (C3)

Received: 29 June 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Epping Forest District Council
Ward: Waltham Abbey South and Rural

ReceivedReceived29 Jun
ValidatedValidated29 Jun
Consult.Consultation5 Aug
TargetTarget Date24 Aug
DecidedDecided24 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Upshire Hall Honey Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3QS. Epping Forest has handled 747 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across Waltham Abbey South and Rural. We hold 2,176 applications in total for the EN9 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: EN9 3QS
Application type: Prior approval Part 3 Class Q: Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
Development type: C3 - Dwellings
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Waltham Abbey

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 June 2020
Consultation expiry: 5 August 2020
Consultation start: 14 July 2020
Consultation end: 5 August 2020
Last date for comments: 5 August 2020
Target decision date: 24 August 2020
Committee meeting: 24 August 2020
Application expires: 24 August 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 18

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Upshire HallOn this site
Green belt: Epping Forest

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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