Planning application
Land North of Coopersale House Houblons Hill Coopersale CM16 7QL
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Permission in Principle for one residential dwelling.
As published by the council, reference EPF/0854/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/0854/26
- Type
- Permission in Principle
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Refuse
- Received
- 30 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 1 May 2026
- Decided
- 5 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Epping East
- Parish
- Epping
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CM16 7QL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Apr 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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1 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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5 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
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9 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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 outline applications
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