Netherhouse Nursery, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of Use from Former Retail Garden Centre and Office to B8 Storage and Distribution Use with Associated Office Use Class E(g)(iii) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 22 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Sept 2026
Documents 20
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 4
Plans & drawings 6
Consultation & comments 3
Other documents 5
Site constraints 6
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, 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 £1,200,000 in September 2024. Other property, freehold.
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
- Full planning permission
- Postcode
- E4 7RJ
- Received
- 4 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 8 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Waltham Abbey South and Rural
- Parish
- Waltham Abbey
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Decision date
- 22 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 106 days from validation, 50 days slower than Epping Forest's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 55% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Epping Forest in the last twelve months, from validation. Epping Forest decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 22 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 17 Sept 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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.
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