Warlies Park House, Horseshoe Hill, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3SL Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/1641/26 - Consent under Tree Preservation Orders Under Consultation

Proposal

(Ref: T20 Oak, T19 & T18 London Plane, G5 Oak) T001: Oak - Crown reduce by up to 2.5m and reduce on side of building to give 3m clearance, as specified. Crown lift by up to 6m from ground, as specified. T002: London Plane - Crown reduce on side of building to give 3m clearance, as specified. Crown lift by up to 7m from ground, as specified. T003: London Plane - Crown reduce on side of building to give 3m clearance, as specified. Crown lift by up to 8m from ground, as specified. T004: Oak - Crown reduce by up to 2m, as specified. Crown lift by up to 3m from ground, as specified. NB: The permitted specification of works is detailed in the conditions below. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

Received
26 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 21 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 22 Sept 2026 and 9 Oct 2026, from Epping Forest's recent tree and landscaping works. Comments are open until 17 Sept 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 4

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.
Upshire conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
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 Enhancement Zone 1
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

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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Epping Forest - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Application type
Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Postcode
EN9 3SL
Received
26 Aug 2026
Validated
26 Aug 2026
Ward
Waltham Abbey South and Rural
Parish
Waltham Abbey
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 19 of the 56-day target. Epping Forest usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 33.

Day 1937 days to the 56-day target
78%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
138decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Epping Forest in the last twelve months, from validation. Epping Forest decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 11 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
17 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