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Police Station, 35 Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1EL

EPF/1985/22Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 20 December 2022

Council decision: Dismissed at AppealDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Two storey side extension, raising the roof height and part conversion of existing building to accommodate 1 commercial unit (Use Class E) and 10 flats, demolition of existing rear structure and erection of new 3 storey apartment block to the rear of the site to accommodate 6 flats), resulting in 16 flats total. Associated landscaping, car parking and cycle parking.’

Received
30 August 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Waltham Abbey West
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target21 Dec
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Police Station, 35 Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1EL. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in the Waltham Abbey conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Waltham Abbey West. We hold 2,176 applications in total for the EN9 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
EN9 1EL
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
10
Parish
Waltham Abbey

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2022
Consultation expiry
1 December 2022
Consultation end
1 December 2022
Target decision date
21 December 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Appeal history

3320492
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 February 2024Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
77

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    26 Jun

    The proposal involves a 2 storey side extension, 2 storey rear extension and part conversion of existing…

    RefusedFull planning permissionRelatedEPF/1450/23
  2. 2022
    30 Aug

    Two storey side extension, raising the roof height and part conversion of existing building to accommodate 1…

    This applicationRefusedFullEPF/1985/22

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