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EPF/0363/26 - Approval of details reserved by a condition Decided

Proposal

Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (Contamination), Condition 5 (Surface Water), Condition 7 (Drainage Maintenance), Condition 12 (Habitat Management and Monitoring), Condition 13 (Construction Environmental Management Plan CEMP), Condition 14 (Tree Protection Plan, AMS and Monitoring), Condition 15 (Hard and Soft Landscaping), Condition 20 (External Finishes Details), Condition 21 (Boundary Treatment Details), Condition 24 (Dust Monitoring), Condition 25 (Demolition Management Statement), Condition 26 (Cycle Parking Facilities), Condition 30 (Programme Archaeological Mitigation), Condition 32 (Noise Fencing - 4m), Condition 33 (Employment & Skills Plan) of (Demolition of 11 buildings along with associated works, additional landscaping, BNG enhancement and infrastructure works, extensions to Unit 2 to be used as a tool and plant hire business and retention of Unit 5 as ancillary office space under the sui generis use class). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Feb 2026
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Split (Details Partially Approved)
28 Sept 2026

Split (Details Partially Approved) on 28 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Sept 2026

Documents 60

Statements & assessments 23

PDF GAP Waltham Abbey Phase 1 - 2026 - Risk Assessment v1 PDF · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Sewardstone Demolition and Construction Management Statement Final V5 ISSUED 2 PDF · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF GAP Waltham Abbey Phase 1 - 2026 - Method Statement v1 PDF · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Essex County Council Place Service Ecology PDF · 15 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Demolition and Construction Dust Management Statement Revision 4 May 2026. PDF · 27 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Soft Landscape Proposal Biodiversity Net Gain Land CSA 7257 107 Rev B Condition 15 PDF · 8 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Condition 12: MKA Ecology Ltd 162924 Sewardstone Hall Farm, Sewardstone - HMMP - PDF · 22 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF LAS-6158 Asbestos Survey Updated 24-03-25. PDF · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF EFDC Land Drainage Comments #2 PDF · 7 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Essex County Council - Place Services Ecology PDF · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF EFDC Land Drainage Comments #1 PDF · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Surface Water Drainage Strategy Condition 5 Technical Note Rev 00.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Drainage Scheme 1000 P02 Condition 5.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Construction and Inspection Drainage Checklist Condition 7.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural Method Statement AMS P01 October 2025 Condition 14.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Drainage Scheme 1001 P02 Condition 5.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Demolition and Construction Dust Management Statement Revision 3 January 2026 Condition 25.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Sitewide Whole Life Drainage Management Plan Rev 0 dated 14th October 2025 Condition 7.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Construction Environmental Management Plan Biodiversity Version 1.0 16th January 2025 Condition 13.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Surface Water Drainage Strategy Condition 7 Technical Note Rev 00.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Typical Drainage Details Sheet 2 of 2 1003 P02 Condition 5.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Typical Drainage Details Sheet 1 of 2 1002 P02 Condition 5.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Phase II Geo Environmental Assessment Issue 1 dated 15th December 2025 Condition 3.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗

Other documents 24

PDF FW_ Condition 24 Dust Monitoring, UNKNOWN · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Appendix B - MONITEX-Area-Dust-Monitor-3. PDF · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Waltham Abbey Enabling Works 1 PDF · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Additional information conditions 5 and 7 ZIP · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF EFDC - Contaminated Land PDF · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Hard Landscape Proposal CSA 7257 105 Rev A Condition 15.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Bagwork Headwall Detail 1004 P01 Condition 5.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Archaeological Evaluation Version 1 October 2025.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Appendix B 62875 24hr HDT 1 30yr 25CC 21 10 2025 Condition 5.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Gramm Barrier Systems POLYSoundBlok Absorptive Condition 21.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF BarkersFencing SecureGuard SL1 Condition 21.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Maintenance Schedule Condition 7.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Euroclad Elite 53 Range Condition 20.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Appendix A 62875 Condition 5 Detailed Calcs 20 10 2025 Condition 5.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Cover letter Conditions Sewardstone.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Cyclo City Bicycle Shelter Details Condition 26.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Soft Landscape Proposal CSA 7257 106 Rev B Condition 15.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF 4507 PL 301 Cycle Details Condition 26.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Monitoring Schedule Condition 14.docx WORD_X · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QuadCore AWP Wall Panel Product Data Sheet Condition 20.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Soil Analysis Report Condition 12.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QuadCore KS1000RW Roof Panel Product Data Sheet Condition 20.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Written Scheme of Investigation for an Archaeological Evaluation June 2025 Condition 30.pdf PDF · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

  • Part of

    FullApprovedcouncil archive

    Conditions 3, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 30, 32, 33 decided (outcome not recorded)

    • ConditionsApproval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (Contamination), Condition 5 (Surface Water)…This applicationEPF/0363/26

Site constraints 5

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National infrastructure project about 836 m away: North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement
The site is about 836 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Sewardstone built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Building

Floor area238 m² (2,562 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (35 out of 100), could reach E
PropertyDetached house, 9 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2009, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Postcode
E4 7RH
Received
20 Feb 2026
Validated
20 Feb 2026
Ward
Waltham Abbey South and Rural
Parish
Waltham Abbey
Case officer
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Target decision
20 Mar 2026
Decision
Split (Details Partially Approved)
Decision date
28 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
James Stone
Freehold owner
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Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 28 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
13 Aug 2026
Epping Forest
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#172 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Epping Forest ranks #114 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Epping Forest is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 76% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 76% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Epping Forest decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
67%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #295 of 296
76%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #290 of 296
71%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #114 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #87 of 296
49%
Minor dwellings approved
228 decided (1-9 homes)
55%
Major dwellings approved
20 decided (10+ homes)
49%
Change of use approved
43 decided
1,307
Total decisions
429 refused in the year to March 2026

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.