Last night (8th June) a packed audience attended a presentation in Epping Hall, by Epping Town Council about the Epping Town Council Neighbourhood Plan (NP). The speaker, Cllr Nigel Avey started by explaining the different roles of the two Councils. He explained that the proposed NP has to fit inside Epping Forest District Council’s Local Plan, set in place in 2023. The NP cannot contradict the LP – and particular concern was expressed about developers hoping to push through

Bumble Footpath - Land under threat from developers Today we launch a petition to let the council and developers know exactly what the local community think. Please sign and share. Epping at Breaking Point: Why Residents Are Demanding a Halt to Further Development Epping is a town under strain. Anyone who lives here can feel it: the GP appointments that take weeks, the roads that clog at the slightest disruption, the parking that has become a daily battle, and the creeping lo

Wates have dropped a flier on residents’ doorsteps announcing a proposed development at Mill Mound Fields, delivered on 22 May 2026 with a response deadline of 6 June — a deliberately tight two‑week window that limits meaningful public engagement. The leaflet calls the site “land South of Stonards Hill”, even though, as the document states, it is “more widely known as MMF and perhaps more correctly ‘land West of Stonards Hill’” . When a consultation begins with mislabelling

Once it is gone, it is gone forever The Epping Society is voicing its strongest opposition yet to the proposed housing development on the land south of Stonards Hill — a scheme we believe would cause irreversible harm to the character, ecology and wellbeing of our town. The developer’s glossy consultation boards may speak of “green communities” and “enhanced landscapes”, but residents know the truth: this is the last major open green buffer on the eastern side of Epping, and