Merrilea, 1 Eureka Gardens, Epping Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PZ

EPF/2040/22Lawful Development Certificate: ProposedApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 November 2022

Council decision: LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed loft conversion with rear dormer and front roof lights.

Received: 7 September 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Epping Forest District Council
Ward: Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing

ReceivedReceived7 Sep
ValidatedValidated7 Sep
Consult.Consultation5 Oct
TargetTarget Date2 Nov
DecidedDecided7 Nov

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at Merrilea, 1 Eureka Gardens, Epping Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PZ. Epping Forest has handled 747 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Epping Forest's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 642 applications in total for the CM16 postcode area.

80% of outline 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: CM16 6PZ
Application type: Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Epping Upland

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 September 2022
Consultation expiry: 5 October 2022
Consultation end: 5 October 2022
Target decision date: 2 November 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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© 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.

Source: Epping Forest

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