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St Johns Centenary Hall, High Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5RX

EPF/1948/26Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved

Council decision: Raise No Objection

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

Proposal

St John's Conservation Area T1: Oak - Fell leaving a high stump for habitat. T2: Sycamore - Fell leaving a high stump for habitat. G1: Mixed group of Holly, Yew, Sycamore and Oak - Thin out holly and yew trees to allow access to fell T1 & T2 and to allow more light to woodland floor and space for mature trees to grow.

Received
15 October 2026
Ward
Buckhurst Hill West
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a planning application at St Johns Centenary Hall, High Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5RX. Epping Forest has handled 23 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Buckhurst Hill West. We hold 221 applications in total for the IG9 postcode area.

100% of notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area 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
IG9 5RX
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Parish
Buckhurst Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Raise No Objection
Case officer
Ben Griffiths

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 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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