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Eco House, Brookfield Farm, London, E4 7RJ

EPF/1805/23Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 22 December 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of 3 Bedroom Eco Kit House - ( PROPERTY MODEL IS REYMERSHOLM ORIGINALLY PRODUCED BY GOTENEHUS OF SWEDEN) Solar panels to roof Addition of 2 x parking bays. Electric EV Charging point Cycle Storage to garden Recycled timber deck to garden

Received
9 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Waltham Abbey South and Rural
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.24 Oct
  4. Target16 Nov
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Eco House , Brookfield Farm , London , E4 7RJ. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 11 weeks longer than Epping Forest's typical decision time. 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 1,127 applications in total for the E4 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
E4 7RJ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Waltham Abbey

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2023
Consultation expiry
24 October 2023
Consultation end
24 October 2023
Target decision date
16 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Epping Forest
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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