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

260268Full PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 20 April 2026

Proposal

Change of use from retail (Use Class E(a)) to Creche, day nursery or day centre (Use Class E(f)) including a single storey part rear extension. Creation of a play area together with associated landscaping and outdoor features. Alterations to the fenestration including the installation of windows to the side elevation and new rear patio doors. Formation of a raised rear terrace with glazed balustrades and canopy, access ramp, new rear access door and boundary treatment.

Received
2 February 2026
Ward
Higham Hill
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 347 - 349 Higham Hill Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 5QY. Waltham Forest has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Waltham Forest's typical decision time. 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.

75% of full 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

Planning application dates

Validated
2 February 2026

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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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