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196A High Street, Epping, CM16 4AQ

Granted Epping Forest EPF/2199/24 Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, Business and Service uses to Dwellinghouses

Works: New dwelling Several homes

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

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

Proposal

Prior approval for change of use of first floor accommodation from Class E (office) to residential use to create 2no flats.

As published by the council, reference EPF/2199/24

Application record

Reference
EPF/2199/24
Type
Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, Business and Service uses to Dwellinghouses
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Received
31 Oct 2024
Validated
1 Nov 2024
Decided
23 Dec 2024
Ward
Epping East
Parish
Epping
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CM16 4AQ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 31 Oct 2024

    Received by Epping Forest

  2. 1 Nov 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Dec 2024

    Decision issued: Approve with Conditions

  4. 3 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

17 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.

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What a grant of permission means

The process from here

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

About prior approval applications

How this application type works

Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.

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