Planning application
Rear of ground floor, Unit B, 2 - 4, Highbridge Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1DG
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Part change of use of existing ground floor retail premises (class E) to one-bedroom residential unit (class C3).
As published by the council, reference EPF/1188/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/1188/26
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approved with Conditions (Subject to s106 Legal Agreement)
- Received
- 15 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 17 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 12 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Waltham Abbey West
- Parish
- Waltham Abbey
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EN9 1DG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Jun 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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17 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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12 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approved with Conditions (Subject to s106 Legal Agreement)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Epping Forest granted permission on 12 August 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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