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347 - 349, Higham Hill Road, Walthamstow, E17 5QY

252130Full planning permissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 18 December 2025

Proposal

Change of use from retail (Use Class E(a)) to Creche, day nursery or day centre (Use Class E(f)) involving removal of the existing rear extensions and outbuilding. Creation of a play area together with associated landscaping and outdoor features; erection of a raised seated covered area. Alterations to the fenestration including the installation of windows to the side elevation, first floor rear elevation and new rear patio doors. Formation of a raised rear terrace with glazed balustrades, access ramp, new rear access door and boundary treatment.

Submitted
27 October 2025
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for an outbuilding at 347 - 349, Higham Hill Road, Walthamstow, E17 5QY. Waltham Forest has handled 615 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 52 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across Higham Hill. We hold 2,000 applications in total for the E17 postcode area.

72% of full planning permission applications at London Borough of Waltham Forest were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
E17 5QY
Application type
Full planning permission

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Other Article 4 Direction Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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: Waltham Forest

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