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Land east of Stonards Hill, Epping, Essex

EPF/2477/25Outline planning permission: Some matters reservedAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Construction of up to 80 new homes with associated car parking and amenity space, new vehicular access from Stonards Hill, provision of attenuation features, a play area, green infrastructure, paths within the site and cyclist and pedestrian links, with all matters reserved apart from access.

Received
9 December 2025
Ward
Epping West and Rural
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.26 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Land east of Stonards Hill, Epping, Essex. Epping Forest has handled 747 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Epping conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Epping West and Rural.

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

Application type
Outline planning permission: Some matters reserved
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
80
Parish
Epping

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Consultation expiry
26 May 2026
Consultation end
26 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
68

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: Epping
  • 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, 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
    24 Mar

    EIA Screening Opinion

    PendingScreening OpinionEPF/0606/26

Source: Epping Forest

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