61, Upper Clapton Rugby Football Club, Upland Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6NL

Decision Made EPF/2584/25
Date received
22 Dec 2025
Date validated
22 Dec 2025
Postcode
CM16 6NL

Description

Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 5 Construction Method Statement, 7 External Finishes, 10 Contaminated Land 12 Hard and Soft Landscaping 14 and 15 Drainage and 20 Phasing Details of EPF/1400/20 (Improvements to existing club infrastructure compromising a new all-weather pitch and relocation of existing floodlights, improvements to the club's function hall, golf range and current car parking including the addition of further car parking spaces and associated development, and enabling development in the form of the construction of 9 no. new dwellings and associated development).

Epping Forest
Planning Authority Score
4.6/10
Below average
#168 of 292 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Epping Forest ranks #111 out of 292 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 74% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 74% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Epping Forest decision performance
Based on MHCLG data, 2025
66%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #292 of 292
74%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #286 of 292
71%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (64%) #111 of 292
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (40%) #78 of 292
50%
Minor dwellings approved
220 decided (1-9 homes)
63%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
43%
Change of use approved
44 decided
1,350
Total decisions
457 refused in 2025