48, Chigwell Rise, Chigwell, IG7 6AG

EPF/2167/25Householder planning permissionRefused

Householder

Refused on 10 December 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of rear, and front first floor extensions, and new roof and rooms in the loft with front and rear dormers and rooflight windows.

Received: 22 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Epping Forest District Council
Ward: Chigwell with Lambourne

ReceivedReceived22 Oct
ValidatedValidated28 Oct
Consult.Consultation18 Nov
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided10 Dec

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 48, Chigwell Rise, Chigwell, IG7 6AG. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Chigwell with Lambourne. We hold 580 applications in total for the IG7 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: IG7 6AG
Application type: Householder planning permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Chigwell

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 18 November 2025
Consultation end: 18 November 2025

Appeal history

6004567

Invalid

Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 May 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents: 10

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.

Source: Epping Forest

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