Planning application
Demolition Yard, Pick Hill, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3LE
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of lawful development for a B8 Existing Use of storage and distribution yard of scaffolding equipment and building materials in continuous use on site in excess of 10 years.
As published by the council, reference EPF/0962/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/0962/26
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate: Existing
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Not Lawful
- Received
- 18 May 2026
- Validated
- 15 May 2026
- Decided
- 15 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Waltham Abbey North
- Parish
- Waltham Abbey
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EN9 3LE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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18 May 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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15 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Not Lawful
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23 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 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 lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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