Beechside Nursery, Mott Street, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Certificate of Lawful Development for existing use in excess of 10 year for 1. Landscape Maintenance contract business with corporate flower displays including plant storage (B8) 2. Small shop area within glasshouse for sale of plants to retail customers to the nursery (plants purchased for re-sale) (E) 3. Storage of equipment for Landscape Business (B8) 4. Barn to north of greenhouse largely used for storage of equipment used for contract business with exception of small area used as a Barber Shop (B8 and E). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 23 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 3
Other documents 1
Site constraints 5
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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Important details
- Council
- Epping Forest
- Application type
- Lawful development
- Postcode
- E4 7RW
- Received
- 17 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 14 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Waltham Abbey South and Rural
- Parish
- Waltham Abbey
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 9 Jan 2026
- Decision
- Not Lawful
- Decision date
- 23 Jan 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 70 days from validation, 15 days slower than Epping Forest's median of 55 for lawful development certificates. Refused, as 22% of lawful development certificates here are.
Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Epping Forest in the last twelve months, from validation. Epping Forest decision record →
Public comments
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Last counted 7 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 9 Dec 2025
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.
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