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PendingEPF/0849/25Submitted over a year agoCar park

Land West of Merlin Way, North Weald Airfield, North Weald Bassett, CM16 6AA

Outline planning application, with all matters reserved except access, for the demolition of the existing gate security and fire station buildings and redevelopment of the Site to deliver a data centre campus, with up to 2 no. data centre buildings and separate offices, delivering up to 77,148m² gross external area (GEA) of floorspace (Use Class B8), including emergency back-up generators, energy storage (fuel tanks and/or battery storage), a new security entrance, electricity substations, internal roads, car parking, hard a soft landscaping including an airfield safety bund, secure perimeter fencing, media and utility infrastructure and other ancillary development.

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Progress

Submitted
16 Apr 2025
— completed
Validated
16 Apr 2025
— completed
Consultation
9 Dec 2025
— completed
Target date
—
— not yet reached
Decided
—
— not yet reached

Application details

Reference
EPF/0849/25
Local authority
Epping Forest
Postcode
CM16 6AA
Ward
North Weald Bassett
Application type
Outline
Property type
Commercial

Key dates

Submitted
16 Apr 2025
Validated
16 Apr 2025

154 documents · 0 comments · 0 constraints

Estimated project value

£140k–£1105k

Typical UK cost for this job type, scaled for a large scheme, at South East rates (2026). Estimated from the proposal description — planning applications do not state build cost. Source: trade estimate.

Recently sold nearby

New owners, recently moved in. First work on a house usually follows within months of completing. 8 recent sales are listed below.

Homes here go for about £445,000 — the median of the last 8 market sales in CM16 (the wider postcode district), £268,000 to £1,000,000.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sales are matched by postcode, not by property, so a sale listed here may be a neighbouring address. England and Wales only.

Planning constraints

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