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287, High Street, Epping, CM16 4DA

Refused Epping Forest EPF/0834/26 Approval of details reserved by a condition

Relates to EPF/2052/22

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. 6: Land Contamination Report of EPF/2052/22 (Proposed 1 no. 3 storey and 1 no. 2 storey buildings to accommodate x 5 residential units (4, 1bed units and 1, 2 bed unit) with communal open space, landscaping and associated works)

As published by the council, reference EPF/0834/26

Application record

Reference
EPF/0834/26
Type
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refuse
Received
28 Apr 2026
Validated
28 Apr 2026
Decided
22 May 2026
Ward
Epping West and Rural
Parish
Epping
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CM16 4DA

Site history

Applications at this address on the Epping Forest register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • EPF/0964/26 Split decision

    287, High Street, Epping, CM16 4DA

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No. 3: External Finishes of EPF/2052/22 (Proposed 1 no. 3 storey and 1 no. 2 storey buildings to accommodate x 5 residential units (4, 1bed units and 1, 2 bed unit) with communal open space, landscaping and associated works).

    Decided 1 Jul 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Apr 2026

    Received by Epping Forest

  2. 22 May 2026

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 9 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • EPF/2052/22 Granted

    Land Rear of 287- 291 High Street, Epping, CM16 4DA

    Proposed 1 no. 3 storey and 1 no. 2 storey buildings to accommodate x 5 residential units (4, 1bed units and 1, 2 bed unit) with communal open space, landscaping and associated works.

    Decided 17 Jan 2023 Full applications

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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