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Chingford Hatch Post Office, 19 Hatch Lane, Chingford, London, E4 6LP

260665Prior Approval - Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service to DwellinghousesAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior approval for change of use of ground floor from commercial use (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) providing one residential unit together with refuse/recycling storage facilities and bicycle parking provision.

Received
12 March 2026
Ward
Hatch Lane & Highams Park North
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Chingford Hatch Post Office, 19 Hatch Lane, Chingford, London, E4 6LP. Waltham Forest has handled 88 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Hatch Lane & Highams Park North. We hold 1,127 applications in total for the E4 postcode area.

69% of amendment 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
E4 6LP
Application type
Prior Approval - Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service to Dwellinghouses

Planning application dates

Validated
12 March 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: Neighbourhood Centre+1 more
  • 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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