55, Weald Hall Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6NB Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/0536/26 - Householder planning permission Refused
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Detached Flat Roof Garage / Outbuilding. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
16 Mar 2026
✓
Validated
5 Jun 2026
✗
Refused
26 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 26 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 29 Aug 2026

Documents 31

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DM Decision Notice.pdf PDF · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report WORD_X · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 13

PDF EFDC Land Drainage Comments #2 Memo (Consultee Comments) · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 07_Flood_Risk_Assessment_and_Drainage_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 08_Arboricultural_Report_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural_Report_Detached_Double_Garage_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 04_EFDC_Sustainability_Checklist_and_Statement_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 06_Drainage_and_SuDS_Strategy_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Flood_Risk_Assessment_Detached_Double_Garage_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF EFDC - Land Drainage #1 Memo (Consultee Comments) · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 08_Arboricultural_Report_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 07_Flood_Risk_Assessment_and_Drainage_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural_Report_Detached_Double_Garage_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Flood_Risk_Assessment_Detached_Double_Garage_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 06_Drainage_and_SuDS_Strategy_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 7

PDF Environment Agency #1 Memo (Consultee Comments) · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 05_Construction_Management_and_Neighbour_Protection_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF EFDC - Trees & Landscaping #1 Memo (Consultee Comments) · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF AMENDED North Weald Bassett Parish Council Comments #2 Representations (Neighbour/Parish Comments/Objections) · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF North Weald Bassett Parish Council Comments #1 Representations (Neighbour/Parish Comments/Objections) · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show WORD_X · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF 05_Construction_Management_and_Neighbour_Protection_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 9

PDF 02_Planning_Design_and_Access_Statement_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 03_Highways_Access_and_Parking_Statement_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 55 weald hall-01 PDF · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 01_Cover_Letter_and_Submission_Schedule_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 03_Highways_Access_and_Parking_Statement_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 02_Planning_Design_and_Access_Statement_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 01_Cover_Letter_and_Submission_Schedule_55_Weald_Hall_Lane PDF · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 55 weald hall-01 PDF · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf PDF · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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.
Local nature reserve about 254 m away: Thornwood Common Flood Meadow
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.
Also on the record
4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; SSSI about 283 m away: Epping Forest SSSI; Flood defence about 28 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 50 year flood); Inside the Thornwood Common built-up area; Green belt about 85 m away: London; 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
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £490,000 in July 2007. Detached house, freehold.

16 July 2007£490,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Epping Forest
Application type
Householder planning permission
Postcode
CM16 6NB
Received
16 Mar 2026
Validated
5 Jun 2026
Ward
North Weald Bassett
Parish
North Weald Bassett
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Aug 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
26 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 82 days from validation, 27 days slower than Epping Forest's median of 55 for extensions. Refused, as 21% of extensions here are.

74%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
821decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 29 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
18 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Thornwood Village Hall, Weald Hall Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6NB
Installation of solar panels.
EPF/2155/25
2024 Refused
2, Duck Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6NE
Roof extension, Front and rear dormers , This has been amended significantly to remove im…
EPF/0855/24
2024 Refused
2, Duck Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6NE
Roof extension, Front and rear dormers , This has been amended significantly to remove im…
EPF/0855/24
2024 Approved
60, Brook Cottage, Weald Hall Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6NB
Grade II listed building application for proposed installation of new floor mounted boile…
EPF/0552/24
2024 Approved
60, Brook Cottage, Weald Hall Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6NB
Grade II listed building application for proposed installation of new floor mounted boile…
EPF/0552/24
2024 Approved
49, Weald Hall Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6NB
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed hip to gable roof extension and rear dor…
EPF/0359/24
2024 Approved
49, Weald Hall Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6NB
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed hip to gable roof extension and rear dor…
EPF/0359/24
2024 Refused
2, Duck Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6NE
Roof extension, Front and rear dormers
EPF/0232/24
2024 Refused
2, Duck Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6NE
Roof extension, Front and rear dormers
EPF/0232/24
2024 Approved
49, Weald Hall Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6NB
Single storey rear extension and construction of first floor rear dormer.
EPF/0360/24
2024 Approved
49, Weald Hall Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6NB
Single storey rear extension and construction of first floor rear dormer.
EPF/0360/24
2022 Approved
Brook Cottage, 60 Weald Hall Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6NB
Application for Approval of Details reserved by conditions 2"method statement" & 3"timber…
EPF/2736/22
2022 Approved
Brook Cottage, 60 Weald Hall Lane, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6NB
Application for Approval of Details reserved by conditions 2"method statement" & 3"timber…
EPF/2736/22
2021 Refused
55 Weald Hall Lane North Weald Bassett Epping CM16 6NB
New garage/gym/office.
EPF/1751/21
2021 Approved
56 Weald Hall Lane Thornwood Epping CM16 6NB
Demolition of existing conservatory. Erection of single storey rear extension with intern…
EPF/0934/21
2020 Withdrawn
Brook Cottage 60 Weald Hall Lane Thornwood Epping CM16 6NB
Grade II Listed Building application for remedial works (rising damp issue).
EPF/1698/20
2020 Withdrawn
Brook Cottage 60 Weald Hall Lane Thornwood Epping CM16 6NB
Grade II Listed Building application for remedial works (rising damp issue).
EPF/1698/20
2017 Approved
4 Rowley Mead Thornwood Epping Essex CM16 6NH
Front extension and garage conversion.
EPF/2847/17
2017 Approved
4 Rowley Mead Thornwood Epping Essex CM16 6NH
Front extension and garage conversion.
EPF/2847/17
2016 Approved
18 Rowley Mead Thornwood North Weald Bassett Essex CM16 6NH
Single storey front extension including garage conversion.
EPF/3132/16
2016 Approved
55 Weald Hall Lane North Weald Bassett Epping Essex CM16 6NB
Single storey front and side extensions, detached garage to front and loft conversion wit…
EPF/1530/16
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

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