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11, Ely Place, Chigwell, IG8 8AG

EPF/2309/23Lawful Development Certificate: ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 December 2023

Council decision: LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for a proposed rear dormer in connection with a loft conversion.

Received
17 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chigwell Village
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.23 Nov
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 11, Ely Place, Chigwell, IG8 8AG. Epping Forest has handled 747 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,202 applications in total for the IG8 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
IG8 8AG
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chigwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2023
Consultation expiry
23 November 2023
Consultation end
23 November 2023
Target decision date
12 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

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.

© 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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