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25, Hemnall Street, Epping, CM16 4LU

Awaiting decision Epping Forest EPF/2455/25 Full planning permission

Works: New dwelling Demolition

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Proposal

Full planning application for the redevelopment of existing Sports Centre and car park to include demolition of existing Sports Centre and erection of Retirement Living apartments (Use Class C3) including associated communal facilities (Use Class C3), new vehicular and pedestrian access from Nicholl Road and new pedestrian access from Hemnall Street, all associated car and cycle parking, servicing, hard and soft landscaping and associated works.

As published by the council, reference EPF/2455/25

Application record

Reference
EPF/2455/25
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Under Consultation
Received
5 Dec 2025
Validated
15 Dec 2025
Ward
Epping East
Parish
Epping
Postcode
CM16 4LU

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Dec 2025

    Received by Epping Forest

  2. 15 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 9 February 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Epping Forest took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

76 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Epping Forest for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Epping Forest decided full applications in a median of 84 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

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