New House Farm, Vicarage Lane, North Weald, Epping , CM16 2AP Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/0863/26 - Prior notification Approved

Proposal

Prior Notification for excavation of reservoir for agricultural irrigation purposes. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

1 May 2026

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Approved

Approved · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Documents 8

Statements & assessments 3

PDF EFDC Land Drainage Comments #1 PDF · 12 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 260330 - 1347 - AGRICULTURAL JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT.pdf PDF · 1 May 2026 View ↗ PDF 260324 - 1347 - TOPO SURVEY.pdf PDF · 1 May 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF 1347 - 2081 -S-001 - New House Farm North Weald Draft Layout.pdf PDF · 1 May 2026 View ↗ PDF 260402 - 1347 - LOCATION MAP PLAN.pdf PDF · 1 May 2026 View ↗ PDF 260402 - 1347 - SITE LOCATION PLAN.pdf PDF · 1 May 2026 View ↗

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.

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Public byway open to all traffic about 19 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Inside the North Weald Bassett built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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 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: Prior notification
Postcode: CM16 2AP
Received: 1 May 2026
Validated: 1 May 2026
Ward: North Weald Bassett
Parish: North Weald Bassett
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 26 Jun 2026
Decision: Not Required
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 22 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 26 May 2026

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved

New House Farm, Vicarage Lane, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6AP

Retrospective change of use of part of an agricultural building to light industrial use

EPF/0124/23 29 Mar 2023

2023 Approved

New House Farm, Vicarage Lane, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6AP

Retrospective change of use of part of an agricultural building to light industrial use

EPF/0124/23 29 Mar 2023

2022 Approved

New House Farm Vicarage Lane North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6AP

Application for Approval of Details reserved by conditions 4" flood risk assessment" & 5"…

EPF/0508/22 30 May 2022

2022 Approved

New House Farm Vicarage Lane North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6AP

Application for Approval of Details reserved by conditions 4" flood risk assessment" & 5"…

EPF/0508/22 30 May 2022

2021 Approved

New House Farm Vicarage Lane North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6AP

Agricultural straw building.

EPF/1340/21 15 Oct 2021

2021 Refused

New House Farm Vicarage Lane North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6AP

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed agricultural straw…

EPF/2505/21 13 Oct 2021

2017 Approved

New House Farm Vicarage Lane East North Weald Epping Essex CM16 6AP

Erection of a steel portal framed agricultural building, purpose designed grain drier bun…

EPF/3236/17 5 Apr 2018

2017 Approved

New House Farm Vicarage Lane East North Weald Epping Essex CM16 6AP

Erection of a steel portal framed agricultural building, purpose designed grain drier bun…

EPF/3236/17 5 Apr 2018

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

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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