5 Hill Hall Cottages, Mount Road, Theydon Mount, Epping, CM16 7PR Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/0892/26 - Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Hill Hall Conservation T1: Willow - Fell. T2: Osier - Fell. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
7 May 2026
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Approved
19 May 2026

Approved on 19 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Documents 5

Plans & drawings 1

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Other documents 4

PDF Case officer's report PDF · 19 May 2026 View ↗ PDF MWA Arb report July 2021.pdf PDF · 7 May 2026 View ↗ PDF SI addendum report.doc WORD · 7 May 2026 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf PDF · 7 May 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 4

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.
Registered park or garden: Hill Hall
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Hill Hall, Theydon Mount conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Epping Forest
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Postcode
CM16 7PR
Received
7 May 2026
Validated
7 May 2026
Ward
Theydon Bois with Passingford
Parish
Theydon Mount
Case officer
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Target decision
18 Jun 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
19 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 12 days from validation, 21 days faster than Epping Forest's median of 33 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 90% of tree and landscaping works here are.

78%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
138decided in the last year

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

Public comments

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Last counted 22 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

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1 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Withdrawn
4 Hill Hall Cottages, Mount Road, Theydon Mount, Epping, CM16 7PR
DEAD TREE = EXEMPT FELL = APPLICATION WITHDRAWN Hill Hall Theydon Mount Conservation Area…
EPF/1889/23
2023 Withdrawn
4 Hill Hall Cottages, Mount Road, Theydon Mount, Epping, CM16 7PR
DEAD TREE = EXEMPT FELL = APPLICATION WITHDRAWN Hill Hall Theydon Mount Conservation Area…
EPF/1889/23
2021 Approved
20 Hill Hall Mount Road Theydon Mount Epping CM16 7QQ
Replacement box sash and casement windows
EPF/1965/21
2021 Approved
20 Hill Hall Mount Road Theydon Mount Epping CM16 7QQ
Grade I listed building application for replacement box sash and casement windows
EPF/1969/21
2021 Withdrawn
20 Hill Hall Mount Road Theydon Mount Epping CM16 7QQ
Grade I Listed building application for a proposed replacement of existing timber windows…
EPF/0451/21
2018 Approved
7 Hill Hall Cottages Mount Road Theydon Mount Epping Essex CM16 7PR
Hill Hall, Theydon Mount, Conservation Area. 1 x Dawn Redwood - Fell.
EPF/3001/18
2018 Approved
7 Hill Hall Cottages Mount Road Theydon Mount Epping Essex CM16 7PR
Single storey side and front extensions.
EPF/0789/18
2016 Approved
4 Hill Hall Cottages Mount Road Theydon Mount Epping Essex CM16 7PR
Construction of box dormer to rear elevation
EPF/1917/16
2016 Refused
4 Hill Hall Cottages Mount Road Theydon Mount Epping Essex CM16 7PR
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed rear dormer.
EPF/1182/16
2016 Refused
6 Hill Hall Cottages Mount Road Theydon Mount Epping Essex CM16 7PR
Retention of raised patio with addition of natural screening
EPF/0949/16
Epping Forest
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#172 of 296 councils
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Other 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