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Oakwood, 203 High Road, Chigwell, IG7 5BJ

EPF/1662/23Householder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 21 November 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Proposed single storey and two storey side and rear extension, front porch, conversion of garage into habitable room, and enlargement of the rear dormer.

Received
20 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chigwell Village
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided21 Nov

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Oakwood, 203 High Road, Chigwell, IG7 5BJ. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 10 weeks longer than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 5BJ
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chigwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2023
Consultation expiry
7 November 2023
Consultation end
7 November 2023
Target decision date
27 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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