1-12 Bickerton Court, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow CM21 9FH Data via plota.co.uk
EPF/1812/26 - Full planning permission
Under Consultation
Proposal
New aluminium windows and doors to replace existing. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
24 Sept 2026
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Validated
5 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 30 Nov 2026
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 29 Nov 2026, from Epping Forest's recent extensions.
Site constraints 7
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.
Lower Sheering 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.
Heritage at risk: Lower Sheering
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Maltings (That Part to the East of the Railway, South Block), Grade II, about 57 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Also on the record
Inside the Sawbridgeworth built-up area; Green belt about 69 m away: London; 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
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
- Full planning permission
- Postcode
- CM21 9FH
- Received
- 24 Sept 2026
- Validated
- 5 Oct 2026
- Target decision
- 30 Nov 2026
- Applicant
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- Agent
- Neil Rouse
Decision outlook
Day 4 of the 56-day target. Epping Forest usually decides extensions by day 55.
Day 452 days to the 56-day target
74%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
779decided 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 6 Oct 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Approved
Waterside Place, Sheering Lower Lane, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9RF
New metal gates and railings with raised brick piers and metal V Mesh security fencing, e…
2025
Approved
Bickerton Court, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9FH
TPO/EPF/06/22 (Ref: T1, T4, T5 & T6) T1: Ash - Crown reduce by up to 2m, as specified. G2…
2025
Approved
Bickerton Court, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9FH
Lower Sheering Conservation Area T1: Silver maple - Crown reduce by up to 2m.
2024
Approved
Waterside Place, Sheering Lower Lane, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9RF
Grade II listed building application for a proposed ramp to main building entrance and as…
2024
Approved
Waterside Place, Sheering Lower Lane, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9RF
Proposed ramp to main building entrance and associated change in footpath gradient formin…
2024
Approved
Waterside Place, Sheering Lower Lane, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9RF
Grade II listed building application for a proposed ramp to main building entrance and as…
2024
Approved
Waterside Place, Sheering Lower Lane, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9RF
Proposed ramp to main building entrance and associated change in footpath gradient formin…
2022
Approved
Gainsborough House, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9FL
Proposed new parking layout to provide two parking spaces for each flat with electric veh…
2022
Approved
Gainsborough House, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9FL
Proposed new parking layout to provide two parking spaces for each flat with electric veh…
2022
Approved
Gainsborough House Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow Essex CM21 9FL
Variation of condition 2 'Plan nos' on EPF/0452/19 (Grade II Listed Building Consent for…
2022
Approved
Gainsborough House Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow Essex CM21 9FL
Application for Variation of Condition 2 'Plan numbers on EPF/0438/19 (Change of use of G…
2022
Approved
Gainsborough House Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow Essex CM21 9FL
Variation of condition 2 'Plan nos' on EPF/0452/19 (Grade II Listed Building Consent for…
2022
Approved
Gainsborough House Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow Essex CM21 9FL
Application for Variation of Condition 2 'Plan numbers on EPF/0438/19 (Change of use of G…
2022
Decided
Bickerton Court, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9FH
Lower Sheering Conservation Area T1: Ash - Crown reduce by up to 4m. T2: Maple - Fell to…
2022
Decided
Bickerton Court, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9FH
Lower Sheering Conservation Area T1: Ash - Crown reduce by up to 4m. T2: Maple - Fell to…
2022
Approved
Priors Court Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow Essex CM21 9RB
Lower Sheering Conservation Area G1: 4 x Poplars - Fell.
2022
Approved
Priors Court Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow Essex CM21 9RB
Lower Sheering Conservation Area G1: 4 x Poplars - Fell.
2019
Approved
Land at Gainsborough House Sheering Lower Road Sheering Essex CM21 9FL
Change of use of Gainsborough House from offices to residential to create 10 no. flats an…
2019
Approved
Land at Gainsborough House Sheering Lower Road Sheering Essex CM21 9FL
Change of use of Gainsborough House from offices to residential to create 10 no. flats an…
2022
Approved
Waterside Place Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow Essex CM21 9RG
Lower Sheering Conservation Area T1-T3: 3 x Sycamore & T4 & T5: 2 x Birch - Fell and repl…
2017
Approved
Priors Court Sheering Lower Road Sheering Essex CM21 9RB
Grade II listed building consent for part replacement of the existing timber windows with…
2017
Approved
165 Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow CM21 9LQ
Lower Sheering Conservation Area - Rowan and Bay : Fell
2017
Approved
165 Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow CM21 9LQ
Lower Sheering Conservation Area - Rowan and Bay : Fell
2016
Refused
Land adjoining 134 Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow Essex CM21 9LH
Detached two storey three bedroomed dwelling house
2016
Approved
120 Sheering Lower Road Sheering Harlow Essex CM21 9LH
First floor rear extension and alterations to the roof line.
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.
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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
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