Planning application
62, Bracken Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5RD
Works: Loft or dormer Demolition
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Variation of Condition 2 Plan Numbers of EPF/1144/25 (Demolition of existing house and erection of a new bungalow, incorporating pitched roof and dormers).
As published by the council, reference EPF/1052/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/1052/26
- Type
- Removal/variation of conditions - Section 73 TCPA
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Refuse
- Received
- 29 May 2026
- Validated
- 29 May 2026
- Decided
- 10 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Grange Hill
- Parish
- Chigwell
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IG7 5RD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 May 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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10 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
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