Planning application
Cws Nursery, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RJ
Works: Demolition Several homes
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
Demolition of part of existing glasshouses; change of use and conversion of remainder to form 6 units in mixed light industrial and storage use (Class EG (iii/B8).
As published by the council, reference EPF/1601/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/1601/26
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 19 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 20 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Roydon and Lower Nazeing
- Parish
- Nazeing
- Postcode
- EN9 2RJ
Comment by 14 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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19 Aug 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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20 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 15 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
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Nearby applications
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Burleigh Nursery, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RJ
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 8 Contaminated Land of EPF/0251/22 (Application for variation of condition 2 for EPF/2271/16 (Demolition of existing commercial buildings and erection of 6 no. four bedroom detached dwellings)).
Refused Conditions Demolition 5 docs -
Middlebrook Farm, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Essex, EN9 2RJ
78% historically approved · decision due ~19 Jun
Reserved matters application following Outline Application EPF/1888/24 - (The erection of 15 no. new commercial units, improvements to the access road, car parking, refuse areas, cycle stores, tree planting, soft landscaping and sustainable urban drainage) - Reserved matters are for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale.
Awaiting decision Reserved matters 39 docs -
Bellevue, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RJ
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Middlebrook Industrial Estate, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RJ
90% historically approved · decision due ~17 Jul
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 5 Construction Management Statement, 6 Tree Protection Plan/Arboricultural Method Statement and 9 Foul and Surface Water Drainage of EPF/1888/24 (Outline application for the erection of 15 no. new commercial units, improvements to the access road, car parking, refuse areas, cycle stores, tree planting, soft landscaping and sustainable urban drainage; all matters reserved except access (Revised scheme to EPF/0751/23 & EPF/0752/23)).
Awaiting decision Conditions 14 docs -
4 Woodland Barns, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RJ
Proposed single storey rear extension. Conversion of part of existing workshop to office/study and roof space above to bedroom and en-suite. External Air conditioning unit.
Granted Householder Extension 11 docsSmall domestic -
Middlebrook Industrial Estate, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2RJ
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 7 Contaminated Land of EPF/1888/24 (Outline application for the erection of 15 no. new commercial units, improvements to the access road, car parking, refuse areas, cycle stores, tree planting, soft landscaping and sustainable urban drainage; all matters reserved except access (Revised scheme to EPF/0751/23 & EPF/0752/23)).
Split decision Conditions 11 docs
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