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EPF/1295/26 - Lawful development Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed swimming pool. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jun 2026
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Approved
2 Sept 2026

Approved on 2 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Officer Report WORD_X · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DM Decision Notice.pdf PDF · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF 1012-26_1900_Natural Swimming Pool Layout.pdf PDF · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF 1012-26_Class E Permitted Development - Natural Swimming Pool.pdf PDF · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf PDF · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 3

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. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
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
Lawful development
Postcode
IG10 4AP
Received
30 Jun 2026
Validated
30 Jun 2026
Ward
Waltham Abbey South and Rural
Parish
Waltham Abbey
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Sept 2026
Decision
Lawful
Decision date
2 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
John Chia
Freehold owner
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 64 days from validation, 9 days slower than Epping Forest's median of 55 for extensions. Approved, as 79% of extensions here are.

74%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
779decided in the last year

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Public comments

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Last counted 3 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

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23 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

41 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Refused
Variation of Condition 2 `Plan numbers' of EPF/1150/24 (Demolition of existing outbuildin…
EPF/1797/25
2025 Approved
Variation of Condition 2 Plan numbers of EPF/0454/19 (Provide additional accommodation wi…
EPF/1945/25
2025 Approved
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 9 'Tree Protection Plan and Arb…
EPF/1741/25
2025 Refused
Certificate of lawful development for proposed engineering works comprising reinstatement…
EPF/0036/25
2025 Approved
Variation of condition 2 `plan numbers' of EPF/0454/19 (Provide additional accommodation…
EPF/0131/25
2024 Withdrawn
Variation to condition 2 'Plan no's' on planning permission EPF/0454/19 (Provide addition…
EPF/2032/24
2024 Withdrawn
Variation to condition 2 'Plan no's' on planning permission EPF/0454/19 (Provide addition…
EPF/2032/24
2025
Deposition of excavated materials, raising of ground level and associated landscaping on…
EPF/0255/25
2024 Refused
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 9 Tree Protection Plan and Arboricultural Meth…
EPF/2090/24
2024 Refused
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 9 Tree Protection Plan and Arboricultural Meth…
EPF/2090/24
2024 Approved
Demolition of existing outbuildings and construction of an ancillary building to accommod…
EPF/1150/24
2024 Approved
Demolition of existing outbuildings and construction of an ancillary building to accommod…
EPF/1150/24
2024 Approved
Variation of condition 2 plan numbers of EPF/0454/19 (Provide additional accommodation wi…
EPF/0328/24
2024 Approved
Variation of condition 2 plan numbers of EPF/0454/19 (Provide additional accommodation wi…
EPF/0328/24
2023 Approved
Variation of condition 2 plan numbers of EPF/0454/19 (Provide additional accommodation wi…
EPF/2701/23
2023 Approved
Variation of condition 2 plan numbers of EPF/0454/19 (Provide additional accommodation wi…
EPF/2701/23
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
15-16 Highfield Cottage, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
Demolition of existing porch with erection of replacement porch to side elevation with ro…
EPF/2225/25
2025 Refused
15-16 Highfield Cottage, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
Erection of two storey rear infill extension, raising of side extension ridge height, ins…
EPF/2228/25
2025 Refused
Manor Farm, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
New Dwelling, Parking and Associated Works on the Site Occupied by a Menage.
EPF/0839/25
2024 Approved
Motts Cottage, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
Proposed kitchen extension, entrance porch and first floor bathroom dormer window. Ground…
EPF/0416/24
2024 Approved
Motts Cottage, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
Proposed kitchen extension, entrance porch and first floor bathroom dormer window. Ground…
EPF/0416/24
2023 Approved
Ash Cottage, Mott Street, Loughton, IG10 4AP
Erection of first floor side extension.
EPF/1261/23
2023 Approved
Ash Cottage, Mott Street, Loughton, IG10 4AP
Erection of first floor side extension.
EPF/1261/23
2023 Approved
13, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
Erection of a two-storey side extension, 1st floor front extensions and 1st floor rear ex…
EPF/0336/23
2023 Approved
13, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
Erection of a two-storey side extension, 1st floor front extension, 1st floor rear extens…
EPF/0326/23
2023 Approved
13, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
Erection of a two-storey side extension, 1st floor front extensions and 1st floor rear ex…
EPF/0336/23
2023 Approved
13, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
Erection of a two-storey side extension, 1st floor front extension, 1st floor rear extens…
EPF/0326/23
2023 Approved
13, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
Erection of a garden room with pool
EPF/0108/23
2023 Approved
13, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
Erection of a garden room with pool
EPF/0108/23
2022 Approved
13, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
Erection of a two-storey side extension, a 1st floor front extension, a 1st floor rear ex…
EPF/1966/22
2022 Approved
13, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AP
Erection of a two-storey side extension, a 1st floor front extension, a 1st floor rear ex…
EPF/1966/22
2022 Approved
14 Mott Street Waltham Abbey Essex IG10 4AP
Rear extension to house.
EPF/1174/22
2022 Approved
14 Mott Street Waltham Abbey Essex IG10 4AP
Rear extension to house.
EPF/1174/22
2022 Approved
Roundhills Mott Street Waltham Abbey IG10 4AP
Demolition of existing outbuildings , infill side extension and proposed loft constructio…
EPF/1038/22
2022 Approved
Roundhills Mott Street Waltham Abbey IG10 4AP
Demolition of existing outbuildings , infill side extension and proposed loft constructio…
EPF/1038/22
2021 Withdrawn
14 Mott Street Waltham Abbey IG10 4AP
EPF/2537/21
2016 Refused
North Villa now Ash Cottage and Birch Cottage Mott Street Waltham Abbey Essex IG10 4AP
Minor changes to approved application EPF/0670/16 (The conversion of one existing house i…
EPF/2302/16
2016 Refused
North Villa now Ash Cottage Mott Street Waltham Abbey Essex IG10 4AP
Double storey extension to existing dwelling.
EPF/2305/16
2016 Approved
North Villa now Ash Cottage Mott Street Waltham Abbey Essex IG10 4AP
Single storey extension to existing dwelling.
EPF/2303/16
2016 Approved
North Villa now Ash Cottage + Birch Cottage Mott Street Waltham Abbey Essex IG10 4AP
The conversion of one existing house into two houses.
EPF/0670/16
2016 Refused
North Villa now Ash Cottage & Birch Cottage Mott Street Waltham Abbey Essex IG10 4AP
Extension and conversion of an existing dwelling to create two dwellings.The erection of…
EPF/0483/16
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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