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191, The Firs, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 5AS

Refused Epping Forest EPF/1770/23 Full planning permission

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

Proposal

Change of use of existing vacant residential property to a day nursery within Class E along with creation of new central vehicular access following closure of existing accesses and associated car, cycle, buggy and scooter parking provision.

As published by the council, reference EPF/1770/23

Application record

Reference
EPF/1770/23
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
3 Aug 2023
Validated
3 Aug 2023
Decided
17 Jun 2024
Ward
Chigwell Village
Parish
Chigwell
Decision by
Area Planning Sub Committee South
Postcode
IG7 5AS

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Aug 2023

    Received by Epping Forest

  2. 17 Jun 2024

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 2 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

38 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.

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