To date, the District Council has designated twenty-five Conservation Areas. These include historic centres of towns (e.g. Epping, Chipping Ongar and Waltham Abbey); village centres (e.g. Abridge, Roydon, Chigwell and Moreton); historic landscapes (e.g. The Royal Gunpowder Factory in Waltham Abbey and the Maltings in Lower Sheering); registered historic parks and gardens (e.g. Copped Hall, Blake Hall and Hill Hall); and small hamlets (e.g. Abbess Roding, Matching and Coopersale Street).
Plans of all the Conservation Areas can be inspected at the Civic Offices in Epping, and we will shortly be adding further information about the individual conservation areas..
What are Epping Forest District’s Conservation Areas?
How do Conservation Area Policies in Epping Forest District operate?
The Epping Forest District Local Plan includes policies that deal specifically with development in a Conservation Area. In implementing these policies, the Council will try to ensure that any new development does not harm the character of the Area, and that it should make a positive contribution to the Area. The objective of Conservation Area planning policies is to guide, rather than prevent change.
How do I get permission to work on a tree in a Conservation Area?
What additional Planning Restrictions apply in Conservation Areas?
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