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53, Valley Hill, Loughton, IG10 3AL

EPF/2334/25Prior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extensionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior Approval for a demolition of the existing extension. Erection of a single-storey rear extension with a depth of 5.00 metres, a maximum height of 3.00 metres, and an eaves height of 3.00 metres.

Received
18 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 53, Valley Hill, Loughton, IG10 3AL. Epping Forest has handled 747 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 509 applications in total for the IG10 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
IG10 3AL
Application type
Prior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extension
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Loughton

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2025
Consultation expiry
10 December 2025
Consultation end
10 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
11

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    22 Jan

    Single storey part two storey rear extension.

    ApprovedHouseholderEPF/0152/26

Source: Epping Forest

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