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Bell Cottage, High Road, Epping, CM16 4DQ

Refused Epping Forest EPF/0556/26 Approval of details reserved by a condition

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No. 4: External Finishes of EPF/2376/24 (Formation of replacement dwelling on site of former Bell Cottage).

As published by the council, reference EPF/0556/26

Application record

Reference
EPF/0556/26
Type
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
17 Mar 2026
Validated
17 Mar 2026
Decided
22 May 2026
Ward
Epping West and Rural
Parish
Epping
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CM16 4DQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Epping Forest register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • EPF/1488/21 Granted

    Bell Cottage High Road Epping CM16 4DQ

    Extension to rear elevation of double garage block and the re-fenestration of the rear elevation of the host dwelling.

    Decided 1 Sep 2021 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Mar 2026

    Received by Epping Forest

  2. 22 May 2026

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 9 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

4 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Epping Forest refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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