Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

Sheperds Cottage, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX

Decided Epping Forest EPF/1661/26 Prior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extension

Works: Extension Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

8m single storey rear extension to the main dwelling. Compliant under Permitted Development Policy.

As published by the council, reference EPF/1661/26

Application record

Reference
EPF/1661/26
Type
Prior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extension
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Not Required
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Decided
28 Sep 2026
Ward
Chigwell with Lambourne
Parish
Chigwell
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
IG7 6BX

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Received by Epping Forest

  2. 29 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 9 Sep 2026

    Status changed to Under Consultation

    Previously Valid.

  4. 28 Sep 2026

    Decision issued: Not Required

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

15 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.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

After the decision

Epping Forest has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Woolston Manor Apartments, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX

    EPF/1652/24 Submitted 12 Aug 2024 50 yards away

    TPO/EPF/42/01 T36: Sycamore - Selective prune of overhanging branches of up to 2m to boundary, as specified. T37 & T38: Poplar - Selective prune of overhanging branches to boundary, as specified.

    Granted Trees 5 docs

  • Shepherds Cottage, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX

    EPF/1662/26 Submitted 28 Aug 2026 50 yards away

    77% historically approved · decision due ~23 Oct

    Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed ancillary swimming pool. (Building E).

    Awaiting decision Lawful development 8 docs

  • Shepherds Cottage, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX

    EPF/1660/26 Submitted 28 Aug 2026 50 yards away

    77% historically approved · decision due ~23 Oct

    Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed ancillary outbuilding. (Building D).

    Awaiting decision Lawful development 9 docs

  • Shepherds Cottage, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX

    EPF/1663/26 Submitted 28 Aug 2026 50 yards away

    77% historically approved · decision due ~23 Oct

    Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed ancillary entertainment space outbuilding. (Building F).

    Awaiting decision Lawful development 9 docs

In Epping Forest

  • EPF/1877/26 Awaiting decision

    50, Queens Road, Loughton, IG10 1RS

    Erection of a single-storey rear extension following the demolition of existing rear elements.

    Received 2 Oct, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Prior approval
  • EPF/1723/26 Decided

    27, Chestnut Avenue, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6EN

    Proposed 6m deep single storey rear extension.

    Received 9 Sep, published by the council 12 Sep 2026 Prior approval
  • EPF/1712/26 Decided

    12, Mount Pleasant Road, Chigwell, IG7 5ER

    demolition of the existing extension and creation of a single-storey rear extension of 6.0m deep

    Received 8 Sep, published by the council 12 Sep 2026 Prior approval
  • EPF/1852/26 Awaiting decision

    69, Monkswood Avenue, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1LD

    Demolition of existing rear conservatory and erection of a single-storey rear extension

    Received 30 Sep, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Prior approval
  • EPF/1854/26 Awaiting decision

    Readings Farm , Norton Heath Road Old A414, High Ongar , Ingatestone, CM4 0LP

    Change of use of an agricultural building to a commercial business use (Use Class E)

    Received 30 Sep, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Prior approval