Planning application
Land adjacent to Park Bike Rack, Station Road, Chigwell, IG7 6QT
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior Notification for telecommunications - Monopole and equipment cabinets to be installed.
As published by the council, reference EPF/1285/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/1285/26
- Type
- Prior notification: Development by telecoms operators
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 29 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 29 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 28 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Chigwell with Lambourne
- Parish
- Chigwell
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IG7 6QT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jun 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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28 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Epping Forest granted permission on 28 July 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.
About telecoms applications
Telecoms applications cover masts, antennas and cabinets, usually as prior approval cases where the council considers siting and appearance only. More in our guide to planning application types.
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177 High Road Chigwell IG7 6NX
87% historically approved · decision due ~29 Oct
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 18 Contaminated Land of EPF/2868/20 Allowed on Appeal (Proposed mixed-use development to provide 35 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) and 512 sqm of commercial floorspace (Use Class E) together with cycle and car parking, landscaping, provision of new pavement and loading bay on Brook Mews and associated infrastructure).
Awaiting decision Conditions 2 docs -
177, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6NX
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 18 Contaminated Land of EPF/2868/20 Allowed on Appeal (Proposed mixed-use development to provide 35 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) and 512 sqm of commercial floorspace (Use Class E) together with cycle and car parking, landscaping, provision of new pavement and loading bay on Brook Mews and associated infrastructure).
Split decision Conditions 5 docs -
177, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6NX
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 28 Method Statement of EPF/2868/20 - allowed on appeal - (Proposed mixed-use development to provide 35 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) and 512 sqm of commercial floorspace (Use Class E) together with cycle and car parking, landscaping, provision of new pavement and loading bay on Brook Mews and associated infrastructure).
Granted Conditions 8 docs -
177, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6NX
Variation of condition 2'Plan Numbers' on planning permission EPF/2868/20 allowed on appeal (mixed-use development to provide 35 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) and 512 sqm of commercial floorspace (Use Class E) together with cycle and car parking, landscaping, provision of new pavement and loading bay on Brook Mews and associated infrastructure).
Granted Amendments 7 docs -
177 High Road Chigwell IG7 6NX
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Variation of Conditions 2 Plan numbers and 19 Parking Arrangements of EPF/2868/20 Allowed on Appeal (Proposed mixed-use development to provide 35 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) and 512 sqm of commercial floorspace (Use Class E) together with cycle and car parking, landscaping, provision of new pavement and loading bay on Brook Mews and associated infrastructure). To allow for PV panels and an alteration to the parking layout
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Other telecoms applications
In Epping Forest
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EPF/1093/26 Granted
Shaftesbury Farm, Lindsey Street, Epping, CM16 6RF
Installation of replacement 22.5m monopole with headframe accommodating 6 no antenna, and ancillary radio equipment, and 2 no. 0.3m transmission dishes along with replacement equipment cabinets in new 1.8m chain-link fenced compound and ancillary development thereto.
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EPF/1637/24 Granted
Land on the west side of Hoe Lane, Abridge, RM4 1XU.
Overhead line Exemption Notice - To erect a flying stay, consisting of a non-electrified line, 1 new pole and 1 new stay, to the North of an existing pole, numbered 717014 on the enclosed plan.
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EPF/0738/23 Refused
Middle Street , Nazeing, Lower Nazeing , EN9 2LS
Proposed telecommunications installation: Proposed 15.0m Phase 9 slimline Monopole and associated ancillary works.
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EPF/0640/23 Granted
Crooked Mile Streetworks , Crooked Mile , Waltham Abbey , EN9 1QN
Proposed telecommunications installation: Proposed 15.0m Phase 8 Monopole and associated ancillary works.
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EPF/0641/23 Refused
King's Ave Streetworks , King's Ave , Buckhurst Hill , IG9 5NZ
Proposed telecommunications installation: Proposed 15.0m Phase 8 Monopole and associated ancillary works.