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Land north A121 Dowding Way, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 3AA

Awaiting decision Epping Forest EPF/1410/26 Full planning permission

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

Proposal

Construction of flexible employment floorspace (Use Classes E(g)(iii), B2 and/or B8, with ancillary office floorspace) and Open Storage Area (Class B8), all associated infrastructure works, formation of new signalised access junction to A121, internal road network, vehicle parking and servicing arrangements, hard and soft landscaping including external amenity areas, shared foot and cycle link to provide connection to footway to north west, boundary treatments and roof-mounted photovoltaic arrays.-PLANNING APPLICATION ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.

As published by the council, reference EPF/1410/26

Application record

Reference
EPF/1410/26
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Under Consultation
Received
21 Jul 2026
Validated
21 Jul 2026
Ward
Waltham Abbey West
Parish
Waltham Abbey
Postcode
EN9 3AA

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Jul 2026

    Received by Epping Forest

  2. 31 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 15 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

169 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 82 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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