Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

164, Forest Road, Loughton, IG10 1EG

Awaiting decision Epping Forest EPF/1372/26 Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed

Works: Extension Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed single storey side extension.

As published by the council, reference EPF/1372/26

Application record

Reference
EPF/1372/26
Type
Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed
Status
Under Consultation
Received
14 Jul 2026
Validated
14 Jul 2026
Ward
Loughton Forest
Parish
Loughton
Postcode
IG10 1EG

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Jul 2026

    Received by Epping Forest

  2. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 8 September 2026, 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

21 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 documents

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 lawful development applications in a median of 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • Royal Oak House Forest Road Loughton IG10 1EG

    EPF/0275/20 Submitted 6 Feb 2020 10m away

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 6"verification report" for EPF/2706/17. (Partial demolition of the former Royal Oak public house & change of use to provide 4 flats, demolition of 171 Smarts Lane & redevelopment for 6 dwellings, & associated parking &landscaping (10 dwellings in total).

    Granted Conditions New dwelling Demolition 4 docs
    Several homes

  • 131 Forest Road Loughton IG10 1EF

    EPF/1557/21 Submitted 2 Jun 2021 36m away

    Application for a Lawful Development certificate for a proposed rear dormer and an additional smaller dormer.

    Refused Lawful development Loft or dormer 8 docs

  • 186 Forest Road Loughton IG10 1EG

    EPF/1573/21 Submitted 3 Jun 2021 92m away

    Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed change of use from B1(offices)to C3 (dwellinghouse).

    Granted Prior approval 22 docs
    Domestic

  • 201, Smarts Lane, Loughton, IG10 4BW

    EPF/2758/22 Submitted 5 Dec 2022 93m away

    Construction of a two storey extension to the rear of the property. It is proposed that these works are to be undertaken in conjunction with the construction of a two storey extension to the rear of the adjoining property (199 Smarts Lane) which will be subject to a separate application.

    Refused Householder Extension 8 docs
    Domestic

  • 199, Smarts Lane, Loughton, IG10 4BW

    EPF/2756/22 Submitted 5 Dec 2022 93m away

    Construction of a two storey extension to the rear of the property. It is proposed that these works are to be undertaken in conjunction with the construction of a two storey extension to the rear of the adjoining property (201 Smarts Lane) which will be subject to a separate application.

    Refused Householder Extension 9 docs
    Domestic

  • 22 Shaftesbury Loughton IG10 1HN

    EPF/1870/21 Submitted 7 Jul 2021 108m away

    Application for a Lawful Development certificate for a propsed loft conversion with dormer to the rear and roof lights to the front roof slope.

    Granted Lawful development Loft or dormer 9 docs

In Epping Forest

  • EPF/1389/26 Granted

    Reduit, The Green, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7JA

    Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed conversion of garage into habitable space.

    16 Jul 2026 Lawful development
  • EPF/1729/26 Awaiting decision

    Salcombe, Oak Hill Road, Stapleford Abbotts, RM4 1EH

    Certificate of Lawful Development Proposed Single Storey Side extensions

    9 Sep 2026 Lawful development
  • EPF/1719/26 Awaiting decision

    24, Rous Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6BN

    Certificate of Lawful Development of loft coversion with rear dormer.

    8 Sep 2026 Lawful development
  • EPF/1710/26 Awaiting decision

    72A, Hainault Road, Chigwell, IG7 5DH

    Certificate of Lawful Development Proposed Loft conversion with dormers

    8 Sep 2026 Lawful development
  • EPF/1312/26 Granted

    8, Broadgate, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3NH

    Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed outbuilding.

    3 Jul 2026 Lawful development