Plot 5 - Chimes Self Build Site, Former Chimes Garden Centre, Old Nazeing Road, Nazeing, EN10 6RJ Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/1622/26 - Removal/variation of conditions Under Consultation

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 Plan numbers of EPF/0286/26 For PLOT 5 ONLY (Reserved matters application following Outline Application (allowed on appeal) for the redevelopment of the site to provide up to 52 later living apartments (Extra Care Housing) incorporating a convenience shop and café (Use Class E); 13 retirement cottages (Extra Care Housing); 10 self-build and custom-build houses; 4 affordable houses, open space, bowling green, children's play area and improved local bus service (reserved matters are for appearance, layout, scale and landscaping limited to self-build plots 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
24 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 23 Nov 2026. Comments are open until 14 Sept 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 4

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.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Hoddesdon built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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

Application type
Removal/variation of conditions
Postcode
EN10 6RJ
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
24 Aug 2026
Ward
Roydon and Lower Nazeing
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 8 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
14 Sept 2026
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