Planning application
Sedge Gate Nursery, Sedge Green, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2PA
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective reinstatement of the northern vehicular access from Sedge Green to serve as the access and egress for Units 12–31 Leaside Industrial Park (formerly Sedge Gate Nursery).
As published by the council, reference EPF/1468/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/1468/26
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 30 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 30 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Roydon and Lower Nazeing
- Parish
- Nazeing
- Postcode
- EN9 2PA
Comment by 22 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Epping Forest through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Jul 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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2 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 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
22 documents on file for this application
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Refused Amendments 19 docs -
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70% historically approved · decision due ~18 May
Variation of Condition 2 Plan numbers of EPF/2319/14 (Demolition of existing nursery/commercial buildings and erection of 17 no. B1/B2/B8 commercial units with ancillary parking.
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