3, Upshire Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3NP

EPF/2813/23Full planning permissionRefused

Full

Refused on 15 April 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Extension of existing dwelling, demolition of existing garage and construction of new dwelling, new vehicular access to existing dwelling

Received: 25 December 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Epping Forest District Council
Ward: Waltham Abbey North

ReceivedReceived25 Dec
ValidatedValidated5 Jan
Consult.Consultation31 Jan
TargetTarget Date4 Apr
DecidedDecided15 Apr

Decided in 101 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 3, Upshire Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3NP. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Epping Forest's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Waltham Abbey North. We hold 2,176 applications in total for the EN9 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: EN9 3NP
Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Waltham Abbey

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 January 2024
Consultation expiry: 31 January 2024
Consultation end: 31 January 2024
Target decision date: 4 April 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 90 days

Additional information

Documents: 34

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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© 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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