Netherhouse Farm, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior Notification for erection of a building to provide storage and workspace in connection with existing forestry operations at the site. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 15 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 3
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 6
Checked on 7 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, the Planning Inspectorate 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 £1,150,000 in October 2019. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2026, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Epping Forest
- Application type
- Prior notification
- Postcode
- E4 7RJ
- Received
- 17 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 17 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Waltham Abbey South and Rural
- Parish
- Waltham Abbey
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 15 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Decision date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 24 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6003841 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
- Leaseholder
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 28 days from validation, about the council's usual 29 days. Approved, as 83% of prior approvals here are.
Plota live figures for prior approvals 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
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 9 Dec 2025
Historical activity at this location
50 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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