Middlebrook Farm, Hoe Lane, Nazeing, Essex, EN9 2RJ Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/0812/26 - Approval of reserved matters Under Consultation

Proposal

Reserved matters application following Outline Application - (The erection of 15 no. new commercial units, improvements to the access road, car parking, refuse areas, cycle stores, tree planting, soft landscaping and sustainable urban drainage) - 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
24 Apr 2026
Decision
Expected by 24 Jul 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 1 Oct 2026; it is now day 168.

The consultation period closed on 1 Oct 2026.

Documents 42

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 7

Site constraints 9

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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In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
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
Conservation area about 29 m away: Nazeing and South Roydon; Heritage at risk about 28 m away: Nazeing and South Roydon; Flood defence about 27 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 20 year flood); Inside the Lower Nazeing built-up area; Priority habitat about 44 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 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
EN9 2RJ
Received
24 Apr 2026
Validated
24 Apr 2026
Ward
Roydon and Lower Nazeing
Target decision
24 Jul 2026

Decision outlook

Day 168, past the statutory target. 81% of commercial and major works in Epping Forest are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 168112 days past the 56-day target
52%decided within 8 weeks
61%approved
33decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Epping Forest in the last twelve months, from validation. Epping Forest decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 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