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The Maltings, Unit L Ground And First Floor, Station Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9JX

EPF/1644/26Full planning permissionAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of Use of Existing Antiques Shop (Class E) to Mixed-Use Retail, Community, and Live Music Events Space (Sui Generis).

Received
26 August 2026
Ward
Rural East
  1. Received26 Aug
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at The Maltings, Unit L Ground And First Floor, Station Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9JX. Epping Forest has handled 50 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 29 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Lower Sheering conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 163 applications across Rural East. We hold 1,436 applications in total for the CM21 postcode area.

77% of all 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
CM21 9JX
Application type
Full planning permission
Parish
Sheering

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Nicola Bickerstaff

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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Lower Sheering
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Lower Sheering

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, listed buildings, green belt, 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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