Planning application
Land North of Shonks Mill Bridge, Shonks Mill Road, Stanford Rivers, CM5 9QB
Relates to EPF/1098/25
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 22 and 23 of EPF/2702/22 and Conditions 5 and 6 of EPF/1098/25 for Contaminated Land and Foul and Surface Water Drainage (Outline Hybrid permission for Flood Storage Area upstream of the M25, and 2 replacement dwellings and related Reserved Matters application).
As published by the council, reference EPF/1538/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/1538/26
- Type
- Approval of details reserved by a condition
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 11 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 11 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Theydon Bois with Passingford
- Parish
- Stanford Rivers;Stapleford Tawney;Theydon Bois
- Postcode
- CM5 9QB
Comment by 17 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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11 Aug 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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14 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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18 Aug 2026
Status changed to Under Consultation
Previously Valid.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 October 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.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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EPF/1098/25 Granted
Land North of Shonks Mill Bridge, Shonks Mill Road, Stapleford Tawney, CM5 9QB
Reserved matters application pursuant to Hybrid Planning Permission ref: EPF/2702/22, for approval of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of the demolition and replacement of two cottages (and seeking to satisfy Conditions 24, 25 & 26 attached to Hybrid Planning Ref: EPF/2702/22)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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 condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 46 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Land North of Shonks Mill Bridge, Shonks Mill Road, Stapleford Tawney, CM5 9QB
Reserved matters application pursuant to Hybrid Planning Permission ref: EPF/2702/22, for approval of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of the demolition and replacement of two cottages (and seeking to satisfy Conditions 24, 25 & 26 attached to Hybrid Planning Ref: EPF/2702/22)
Granted Reserved matters Demolition 24 docs -
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Decided Lawful development Extension Loft or dormer +1 18 docsSmall domestic -
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EPF/0678/26 Split decision
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