Planning application
Sewardstone Hall Farm, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, London, E4 7RH
Works: Extension Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Demolition of 11 buildings along with associated works, additional landscaping, BNG enhancement and infrastructure works, extensions to Unit 2 to be used as a tool and plant hire business and retention of Unit 5 as ancillary office space under the sui generis use class.
As published by the council, reference EPF/0537/25
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/0537/25
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approved with Conditions (Subject to s106 Legal Agreement)
- Received
- 14 Mar 2025
- Validated
- 21 Mar 2025
- Ward
- Waltham Abbey South and Rural
- Parish
- Waltham Abbey
- Decision by
- Committee A
- Postcode
- E4 7RH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Mar 2025
Received by Epping Forest
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21 Mar 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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EPF/0363/26 Awaiting decision
Sewardstone Hall Farm, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RH
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (Contamination), Condition 5 (Surface Water), Condition 7 (Drainage Maintenance), Condition 12 (Habitat Management and Monitoring), Condition 13 (Construction Environmental Management Plan CEMP), Condition 14 (Tree Protection Plan, AMS and Monitoring), Condition 15 (Hard and Soft Landscaping), Condition 20 (External Finishes Details), Condition 21 (Boundary Treatment Details), Condition 24 (Dust Monitoring), Condition 25 (Demolition Management Statement), Condition 26 (Cycle Parking Facilities), Condition 30 (Programme Archaeological Mitigation), Condition 32 (Noise Fencing - 4m), Condition 33 (Employment & Skills Plan) of EPF/0537/25 (Demolition of 11 buildings along with associated works, additional landscaping, BNG enhancement and infrastructure works, extensions to Unit 2 to be used as a tool and plant hire business and retention of Unit 5 as ancillary office space under the sui generis use class).
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
85 documents on file for this application
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