Planning application
Best Western The Bell Hotel, High Road, Epping, CM16 4DG
Withdrawn before a decision, so it carries no planning weight. A revised scheme can be submitted at any time.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawful Development for existing use of a hotel to accommodate asylum seekers.
As published by the council, reference EPF/1062/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/1062/26
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate: Existing
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Withdrawn As published: Application Withdrawn
- Received
- 1 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 1 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Epping West and Rural
- Parish
- Epping
- Postcode
- CM16 4DG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Jun 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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