Planning application
18, Fairfield Road, Epping, CM16 6SU
Works: Extension Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Non- Material Amendment to EPF/2636/23 (Proposed two storey rear extension, alterations to front elevation including front porch. Internal and external alterations).
As published by the council, reference EPF/1499/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/1499/26
- Type
- Non-Material Amendment - Section 96 TCPA
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 5 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 4 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 28 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Epping East
- Parish
- Epping
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CM16 6SU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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5 Aug 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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28 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approve
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 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 a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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EPF/1668/26 Awaiting decision
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EPF/1633/26 Awaiting decision
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EPF/1622/26 Awaiting decision
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