The Orchard Queens Head Yard The Street Sheering Nr Bishops Stortford Herts CM22 7LN

EPF/2837/15Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 15 January 2016

Council decision: Grant Permission (With Conditions)Area Plans East

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Proposal

Proposed replacement dwelling (Resubmission of application EPF/1456/15).

Received: 10 November 2015
Decision level: Area Plans East
Council: Epping Forest District Council
Ward: Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village

ReceivedReceived10 Nov
ValidatedValidated28 Nov
Consult.Consultation20 Jan
TargetTarget Date20 Jan
DecidedDecided15 Jan

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Orchard Queens Head Yard The Street Sheering Nr Bishops Stortford Herts CM22 7LN. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,228 applications in total for the CM22 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: CM22 7LN
Application type: Full Planning Application
Development type: C3 - Dwellings
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Sheering

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 November 2015
Consultation expiry: 20 January 2016
Consultation start: 28 November 2015
Consultation end: 20 January 2016
Last date for comments: 20 January 2016
Target decision date: 20 January 2016
Application expires: 5 January 2016
Permission expires: 15 January 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period: 53 days

Additional information

Documents: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: Little ThatchesOn or next to this site
Green belt: Epping ForestNext to the site
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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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