EPF/1074/25

1. 21 May 2025

   Received by Epping Forest

2. 23 May 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 23 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.

More on prior approval applications in our guide

• EPF/1786/25 Withdrawn

  157 Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3AX

  TPO/EPF/24/95 T1 T1: Beech - Reduce tree by half its size or felled

  1 Sep 2025 0m away Trees
• EPF/0362/24 Granted

  168, Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3BE

  Proposed redevelopment to provide two semi-detached bungalows.

  22 Feb 2024 107m away Full applications
• EPF/1459/26 Awaiting decision

  168, Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3BE

  Proposed single storey rear extension.

  28 Jul 2026 107m away Prior approval
• EPF/0461/24 Granted

  Leverton County Gm Junior And Infant School, Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3BE

  Change of Use from D1 School Use to C3 Residential use erection of 2 x 3 bedroom, 5 person semi-detached 2 storey dwellings

  5 Mar 2024 107m away Full applications
• EPF/2261/21 Granted

  176 Honey Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3BA

  Application for Approval of Details reserved by condition 13"details and location of parking spaces (including garages) equipped with active and/or passive Electric Vehicle Charging Point(s)" for EPF/0885/18. (Erection of 4 no. 4 bed dwellings to the rear of 176 Honey Lane along with landscaping and highways works).

  17 Aug 2021 214m away Outline
• EPF/2263/21 Granted

  176 Honey Lane Waltham Abbey EN9 3BA

  Application for Approval of Details reserved by condition 15"a strategy to facilitate super-fast broadband for future occupants of the site" for EPF/0885/18. (Erection of 4 no. 4 bed dwellings to the rear of 176 Honey Lane along with landscaping and highways works).

  17 Aug 2021 214m away Conditions

• EPF/1459/26 Awaiting decision

  168, Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3BE

  Proposed single storey rear extension.

  28 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• EPF/1457/26 Awaiting decision

  The Hamptons, Gravel Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6DQ

  Agricultural building for the processing, bottling and packaging of grapes from the vineyard

  28 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• EPF/1084/26 Refused

  Readings Farm, Norton Heath Road Old A414, High Ongar, Ingatestone, CM4 0LP

  Prior Approval for change of use of an agricultural building to a commercial business use (Use Class E).

  2 Jun 2026 Prior approval
• EPF/1420/26 Awaiting decision

  65, Stonards Hill, Loughton, IG10 3EH

  A single-storey lean-to style conservatory of PVCu construction with a dwarf wall base, attached to the rear elevation of the property. The structure features a white PVCU frame with 28mm toughened safety glass glazing and a glazed roof incorporating blue self-cleaning, solar-control glass panels.

  22 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• EPF/1425/26 Awaiting decision

  Sterling House, Langston Road, Loughton, IG10 3TS

  Installation of rooftop solar PV system.

  22 Jul 2026 Prior approval