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Beech Oak Farm Church Road Buckhurst Hill IG10 4AJ

Refused Epping Forest EPF/1676/21 Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development certificate for a proposed change of use from storage to B1 of the Barn Building extending to less than 500 sqm spread out over two floors .

As published by the council, reference EPF/1676/21

Application record

Reference
EPF/1676/21
Type
Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refused As published: Not Lawful
Received
15 Jun 2021
Validated
2 Jul 2021
Decided
27 Aug 2021
Ward
Waltham Abbey South and Rural
Parish
Waltham Abbey
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
IG10 4AJ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Jun 2021

    Received by Epping Forest

  2. 2 Jul 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Aug 2021

    Decision issued: Not Lawful

  4. 27 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

8 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Epping Forest refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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