Land on the north east side of mott street Waltham Abbey E4 7RW Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/1640/25 - Full planning permission Refused

Proposal

Demolition of existing outbuilding and replacement with self build dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

11 Aug 2025

✓

Validated

17 Nov 2025

✗

Refused

13 May 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 13 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Documents 21

Site constraints 5

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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Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

National infrastructure project about 1195 m away: North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement; Inside the Sewardstone built-up area; 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

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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.

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Other new applications on this street

27 May 2026Decided

Beechside Nursery, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RW

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Nearby new applications

29 Sept 2026Pending

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17 Aug 2026Pending

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Important details

Council: Epping Forest
Application type: Full planning permission
Postcode: E4 7RW
Received: 11 Aug 2025
Validated: 17 Nov 2025
Ward: Waltham Abbey South and Rural
Parish: Waltham Abbey
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 May 2026
Decision: Refuse
Decision date: 13 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 177 days from validation, 121 days slower than Epping Forest's median of 56 for full applications. Refused, as 49% of full applications here are.

This one177d

Council56d

UK56d

53%decided within 8 weeks

51%approved

161decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications 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

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 9 Dec 2025

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

Land on the north east side of mott street Waltham Abbey E4 7RW Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 21

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 2

Plans & drawings 7

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 9