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Former School, Centrepoint Building and Council Depot, Land at St John's Road, Epping, CM16 4BD

Granted Epping Forest EPF/2064/24 Approval of details reserved by a condition

Works: Extension Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Application for approval of details reserved by condition 21'Water Efficiency', condition 23 'Drainage Maintenance' and condition 26 'Part M4(2) compliance' on planning permission EPF/0917/21 (Redevelopment of the former school buildings and depot. Demolition of five buildings and the retention of three locally listed buildings. Development to comprise erection of new apartment buildings and the conversion, extension and change of use of the existing locally listed Centrepoint building and Cookery School to provide a mix of residential units (Use Class C3) and ancillary communal amenity areas. Extension and refurbishment of two existing locally listed semi-detached caretaker cottages. Revised vehicular and pedestrian access from St Johns Road and new pedestrian access from High Street, all associated car and cycle parking, servicing, hard and soft landscaping and associated works)

As published by the council, reference EPF/2064/24

Application record

Reference
EPF/2064/24
Type
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
11 Oct 2024
Validated
11 Oct 2024
Decided
4 Dec 2024
Ward
Epping West and Rural
Parish
Epping
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CM16 4BD

Site history

Applications at this address on the Epping Forest register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • EPF/2357/24 Granted

    Former School, Centrepoint Building and Council Depot, Land at St John's Road, Epping, CM16 4BD

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 7 (Boundary Treatments), condition 10 (Landscaping) and condition 15 (Vehicle Turning Area) on planning permission EPF/0917/21 (Redevelopment of the former school buildings and depot. Demolition of five buildings and the retention of three locally listed buildings. Development to comprise erection of new apartment buildings and the conversion, extension and change of use of the existing locally listed Centrepoint building and Cookery School to provide a mix of residential units (Use Class C3) and ancillary communal amenity areas. Extension and refurbishment of two existing locally listed semi-detached caretaker cottages. Revised vehicular and pedestrian access from St Johns Road and new pedestrian access from High Street, all associated car and cycle parking, servicing, hard and soft landscaping and associated works).

    Decided 11 Dec 2024 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Oct 2024

    Received by Epping Forest

  2. 4 Dec 2024

    Decision issued: Approve

  3. 19 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

16 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Epping Forest granted permission on 4 December 2024, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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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