Planning application
4, Paternoster Close, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3JX
Works: Loft or dormer
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 proposed hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer and front roof lights.
As published by the council, reference EPF/0967/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/0967/26
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Not Lawful
- Received
- 18 May 2026
- Validated
- 18 May 2026
- Decided
- 10 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Waltham Abbey North
- Parish
- Waltham Abbey
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EN9 3JX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Epping Forest register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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EPF/0961/26 Decided
4, Paternoster Close, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3JX
The proposal complies with the permitted development guidance as set out on the planning portal website, within as Class A Development, on the terms of “The Town and Country Planning“(General Permitted Development): The enlargement, improvement or other alteration of a dwellinghouse. The relevant guidance for this proposal is set out below: 1. Existing house is not a listed building and is not in a conservation area 2. The proposal is for a single storey rear extension to an existing end of terraced dwelling. 3. The total ground covered by buildings within the curtilage of the dwelling house does not exceed 50% of the total area of the curtilage. 4. The proposed extension does not extend beyond the rear wall of the original building by more than 3.0m, and does not exceed 4.0m in height. 5. The eaves height within 2.0m of the site boundary is less than 3.0m high 6. The proposed materials are of similar appearance to those of the existing dwelling house.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 May 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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10 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Not Lawful
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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The proposal complies with the permitted development guidance as set out on the planning portal website, within as Class A Development, on the terms of “The Town and Country Planning“(General Permitted Development): The enlargement, improvement or other alteration of a dwellinghouse. The relevant guidance for this proposal is set out below: 1. Existing house is not a listed building and is not in a conservation area 2. The proposal is for a single storey rear extension to an existing end of terraced dwelling. 3. The total ground covered by buildings within the curtilage of the dwelling house does not exceed 50% of the total area of the curtilage. 4. The proposed extension does not extend beyond the rear wall of the original building by more than 3.0m, and does not exceed 4.0m in height. 5. The eaves height within 2.0m of the site boundary is less than 3.0m high 6. The proposed materials are of similar appearance to those of the existing dwelling house.
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