Willowbrook, Green Lane, Nazeing, EN10 6RS Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/0842/26 - Approval of reserved matters Approved

Proposal

Reserved matters application following Outline Application - (Outline application for the erection of 21no. new dwellings, sustainable drainage systems, car parking (including alterations to the existing Green Lane access), pedestrian and cycle paths, refuse areas, cycle stores, tree planting, soft landscaping and amenity space; all matters reserved except access (Revised scheme to & ) - Reserved matters are for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Apr 2026
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Approved
15 Oct 2026

Approved on 15 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Documents 33

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Associated applications 11

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Flood defence about 22 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Hoddesdon built-up area; Priority habitat about 25 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh; 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
Not green belt · 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

Application type
Approval of reserved matters
Postcode
EN10 6RS
Received
29 Apr 2026
Validated
29 Apr 2026
Ward
Roydon and Lower Nazeing
Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
15 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision

How this decision compares

Decided in 169 days from validation, 113 days slower than Epping Forest's median of 56 for new homes. Approved, as 40% of new homes here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
40%approved
101decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Epping Forest in the last twelve months, from validation. Epping Forest decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 15 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
1 Oct 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