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Greenacres, Silver Lane, Willingale, Essex, CM5 0QL

Awaiting decision Epping Forest EPF/1141/25 Full planning permission

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Proposal

Retrospective permission for the use of land for the stationing of caravans for residential purposes, and dayrooms and hardstanding ancillary to that use.

As published by the council, reference EPF/1141/25

Application record

Reference
EPF/1141/25
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Under Consultation
Received
30 May 2025
Validated
16 Oct 2025
Ward
Rural East
Parish
Willingale
Decision by
Committee A
Postcode
CM5 0QL

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 30 May 2025

    Received by Epping Forest

  2. 16 Oct 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 11 December 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Epping Forest took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

19 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Epping Forest for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Epping Forest decided full applications in a median of 84 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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