Fairmead Plots 3 & 4 , Church Road, Loughton, IG10 4AJ Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/2579/25 - Removal/variation of conditions Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Variation of Conditions 8 Surface Water Drainage and 11 Contaminated Land of (Erection of two detached dwellinghouses to Plots 3 and 4 in place of two detached dwellinghouses approved under and respectively). Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
22 Dec 2025
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Approved
13 Feb 2026

Approved on 13 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Officer report Officer Report · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF DM Decision Notice.pdf PDF · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf PDF · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗

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Associated applications 8

Site constraints 6

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.
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Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Special area of conservation about 111 m away: Epping Forest
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 111 m away: Epping Forest SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
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 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.

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Important details

Council
Epping Forest
Application type
Removal/variation of conditions
Postcode
IG10 4AJ
Received
22 Dec 2025
Validated
22 Dec 2025
Ward
Waltham Abbey South and Rural
Parish
Waltham Abbey
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Feb 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
13 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Studio Kyson

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 22 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
13 Jan 2026

Historical activity at this location

28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 9 Tree Protection Plan and Arboricultural Metho…
EPF/2544/25
2024 Refused
Erection of two detached dwellinghouses to Plots 3 and 4 in place of two detached dwellin…
EPF/2551/24
2024 Refused
Erection of two detached dwellinghouses to Plots 3 and 4 in place of two detached dwellin…
EPF/2551/24
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Fairmead Plots 3 & 4 , Church Road , Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Erection of two detached dwellinghouses to Plots 3 and 4 in place of two detached dwellin…
EPF/0627/25
2025 Refused
High Beech Hall, Church Road, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Construction of a new two storey dwelling with second floor accommodation in the roof, a…
EPF/1313/25
2024 Approved
Fairmead Plots 3 & 4, Church Road, Waltham Abbey, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Erection of two detached dwellinghouses to Plots 3 and 4 in place of two detached dwellin…
EPF/0679/24
2024 Approved
Fairmead Plots 3 & 4, Church Road, Waltham Abbey, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Erection of two detached dwellinghouses to Plots 3 and 4 in place of two detached dwellin…
EPF/0679/24
2024 Refused
High Beech Hall, Church Road, Waltham Abbey, Loughton, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AJ
Construction of a new two storey dwelling with second floor accommodation in the roof, a…
EPF/0681/24
2024 Refused
High Beech Hall, Church Road, Waltham Abbey, Loughton, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AJ
Construction of a new two storey dwelling with second floor accommodation in the roof, a…
EPF/0681/24
2023 Refused
Fairmead Plots 3 & 4, Church Road, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Erection of two detached dwellinghouses to Plots 3 and 4 in place of two detached dwellin…
EPF/2214/23
2023 Refused
Fairmead Plots 3 & 4, Church Road, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Erection of two detached dwellinghouses to Plots 3 and 4 in place of two detached dwellin…
EPF/2214/23
2023 Refused
High Beech Hall, Church Road, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Construction of a new two storey dwelling with second floor accommodation in the roof, a…
EPF/1712/23
2023 Refused
High Beech Hall, Church Road, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Construction of a new two storey dwelling with second floor accommodation in the roof, a…
EPF/1712/23
2023 Approved
Three Horseshoes Farm, Church Road, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Demolition of an existing stable buildings & construction of x 2 no. four bedroom contemp…
EPF/1023/23
2023 Approved
Three Horseshoes Farm, Church Road, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Demolition of an existing stable buildings & construction of x 2 no. four bedroom contemp…
EPF/1023/23
2022 Refused
Three Horseshoes Farm, Church Road, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Demolition of an existing stable buildings & construction of x 2 no. four bedroom contemp…
EPF/1653/22
2022 Refused
Three Horseshoes Farm, Church Road, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Demolition of an existing stable buildings & construction of x 2 no. four bedroom contemp…
EPF/1653/22
2022 Approved
East London Scout Council Fairmead Scout Campsite, Church Road, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Retrospective permission for Installation of a paved path for ease of use by disabled vis…
EPF/2392/22
2022 Approved
East London Scout Council Fairmead Scout Campsite, Church Road, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Retrospective permission for Installation of a paved path for ease of use by disabled vis…
EPF/2392/22
2022 Approved
Fairmead, Church Road, High Beech, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AJ
Development of a detached two-storey (plus basement) house (use class C3), associated out…
EPF/1673/22
2022 Approved
Fairmead, Church Road, High Beech, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AJ
Development of a detached two-storey (plus basement) house (use class C3), associated out…
EPF/1673/22
2021 Withdrawn
Plots 3 and 4 Fairmead Church Road IG10 4AJ
Removal of existing stables and manege and erection of 2 detached dwellinghouses.
EPF/1391/21
2025 Approved
Beechoak Farm, Church Road, Waltham Abbey, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Certificate of Lawful Development for existing use of Satellite Buildings to the Barn.
EPF/2027/25
2025 Approved
High Beech Hall, Church Road, Waltham Abbey, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed single storey rear extension.
EPF/2454/25
2025 Approved
High Beech Hall, Church Road, Waltham Abbey, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed outbuilding. (Shown as building E).
EPF/1871/25
2025 Approved
High Beech Hall, Church Road, Waltham Abbey, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed outbuilding. (Shown as building D).
EPF/1870/25
2025 Approved
High Beech Hall, Church Road, Waltham Abbey, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed outbuilding. (Shown as building C).
EPF/1869/25
2025 Approved
High Beech Hall, Church Road, Waltham Abbey, Loughton, IG10 4AJ
Prior approval for a 8m single-storey rear extension to the existing dwelling to provide…
EPF/1872/25
Epping Forest
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#172 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings