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33 Bell Common, Epping, CM16 4DY

EPF/2129/23Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 26 October 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Bell Common Conservation Area T1: Lime - Re-pollard to previous points.

Received
20 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Epping East
  1. Received20 Sep
  2. Validated20 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Oct
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 33 Bell Common, Epping, CM16 4DY. Epping Forest has handled 498 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in the Bell Common, Epping conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Epping East. We hold 642 applications in total for the CM16 postcode area.

95% of trees 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 4DY
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Epping

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 September 2023
Consultation expiry
17 October 2023
Consultation end
17 October 2023
Target decision date
1 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Bell Common, Epping
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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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