LAND NORTH OF PARKLANDS
Waltham Abbey, Essex

Manor Oak Homes are pleased to annouce a public consultation for a proposed new development at land north of Parklands, Waltham Abbey.

Our Vision:

Manor Oak Homes are preparing the submission of an outline planning application on the land north of Parklands, Waltham Abbey for a residential-led development of up to 400 market and affordable dwellings, a local centre (to include a food convenience store and community centre), areas of publicly accessible open space and associated infrastructure.

The land forms the eastern part of the Waltham Abbey North Masterplan Area (WAL.R1 & WAL.R3) that has been allocated under Policy P3 of the Adopted Epping Forest Local Plan for approximately 740 new homes, a new local centre and community facility and publicly accessible open space. The Manor Oak Homes site that we are consulting on forms the eastern side of the site. The western side of the site is being promoted separately.

The development has been subject to extensive discussions with Epping Forest District Council, Essex County Council and other local stakeholders to bring forward this new strategic sustainable development to help meet local housing needs.

Outline Planning Application Public Consultation

We are preparing to submit an outline planning application on Land north of Parklands, Waltham Abbey and are interested to hear residents’ views ahead of the submission of our planning application to Epping Forest District Council. We are therefore undertaking an online consultation from the 28th May 2025 until the 11th June 2025 to inform residents and seek their views on our proposals.

A Comments Form, along with other ways to get in touch with the project team, is available below.

Our Proposals:

It is proposed that the development will consist of the following:

• 400 dwellings of a mixture of sizes and tenures to meet the need of a range of people. This will include the delivery of 40% affordable housing.
• Provision of a new Local Centre, to include a new food convenience retail store of approximately 500 square metres in size. The food store is proposed to be situated fronting Parklands to provide good access for both existing and new residents.
• New Community centre to be delivered in the heart of the development.
• Opportunity for smaller scale retail and business units to be delivered to suit market demand.
• Delivery of substantial new area of public open space, including children’s play areas.
• Provision for good cyclist and pedestrian links throughout the development.
• Vehicular access off Parklands.
• Two new controlled crossing points over Parklands to allow good connectivity between the site and the existing community, including onward connections to the existing schools and town centre.
• Sustainable design and transport initiatives. 
• Detailed drainage strategy, which will ensure the site is drained to current greenfield rates with allowance for climate change. 

Further information about our proposals is available via the below links:

Transport Strategy

Sustainable Drainage

Technical Reports

Manor Oak Homes outline planning application will be accompanied by a full suite of technical documents including a Planning Statement, Design & Access Statement, Ecology Appraisal (including survey information, mitigation strategies and biodiversity net gain plan), Arboriculture Report, Flood Risk Assessment, Transport Assessment, Travel Plan, Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment including a Landscape Strategy Plan, Health Impact Assessment, Noise Impact Assessment, Sustainability Statement, Archaeological Report, Ground & Contamination Report and Air Quality Assessment.

The full suite of technical documents will be available for comment alongside our application on the Epping Forest District Council website once the application has been submitted and validated.

Waltham Abbey North Strategic Masterplan Framework

In addition to this consultation, there will be a separate consultation in relation to the Strategic Masterplan Framework for the site during the summer 2025. This future consultation will cover both the land that Manor Oak Homes are promoting and the adjacent land to the west being promoted by a separate landowner, that also forms part of the P3 allocation in the Adopted Epping Forest Local Plan. This will include a public exhibition, which is likely to be held in late July 2025. Further details will be available in due course.

Next Steps

Once stakeholder engagement (including public consultation) and a subsequent review of our proposals is concluded, Manor Oak Homes intends to submit a planning application to Epping Forest District Council. The application will include all the finalised technical reports required to support the proposals alongside a planning statement setting out the reasoning behind the proposed development.

There will then be a further opportunity to comment on our proposals on Epping Forest District Council’s website, prior to the Planning Committee determining whether the application should be approved.

Planning

As part of developing our detailed proposals, we would like feedback from local people about what this future environment should look like and how it will best fit in with your community and your surrounding areas.

We would like to hear your views on areas such as:
– Public open space
– Broad mix of homes
– Local Centre
– Community Facility
– Footpaths
– Affordable homes

Formal Consultation has now begun and will conclude on the 11th June 2025.