Following extensive public consultation with Epping Forest residents, businesses, local Councillors and interested organisations, Qualis Commercial has submitted planning applications for its Bakers Lane Car Park and Cottis Lane sites.  Feedback and comments have been taken into consideration throughout the consultation, with the evolution of the two schemes clearly demonstrating that the local community has influenced the final submitted designs.  Proposals for the Bakers Lane Car Park site show a new leisure facility incorporating a six lane pool, gymnasium, studios, a new sports hall and squash courts and a first floor public viewing gallery. The scheme has been designed to ensure no residential neighbours have loss of amenity and a comprehensive landscaping strategy is included to create high quality public and private spaces. This will be a true community facility, not just a leisure centre but an asset to serve numerous uses in the town, a place for people to exercise and also meet and socialise.  A new car park to service the high street with no net loss of spaces is proposed at the Cottis Lane site, providing priority spaces placed at ‘street level’ and all spaces will have the potential for electric vehicle charging. Cinema, retail and offices are also included in the final configuration but Qualis Commercial is committed to a phased approach to development to ensure that any new commercial activity is appropriate and complements the High Street as well as promoting and encouraging travel by environmentally friendly methods. The vision is that Cottis Lane will form the ‘Yard’, a flexible hub for new and creative business that can connect into the town and use the new courtyard spaces to showcase their work and engage with the community. There will be space for events which will enliven the town, along with a new south facing public square and amenity space, new public toilets, cycle storage and public realm connecting to Bakers Lane and the High Street.  The company’s vision is to develop schemes of high quality in design and material which are sustainable, flexible and serve the best interests of the community.  Both proposals have been designed to reflect and consider the architecture and space of existing buildings, local character and the history of the town, breathing new life into the roads and streets beyond the High Street. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1608638166/projects/workingtogetherforepping/50a4be4b-8202-4b2e-9c41-57fcc01e4bc6.jpg" /><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1608638114/projects/workingtogetherforepping/d4efd87f-c131-40c4-bb08-e74e1b54a9e2.jpg" />

Qualis Commercial submits planning applications for Bakers Lane Car Park and Cottis Lane sites

Residents of Epping Forest District Council have until Friday 13th November to have their say on Qualis Commercial’s exciting plans for its five sites in Epping Town Centre.  The online consultation platform  <a href="https://workingtogetherforepping.commonplace.is">https://workingtogetherforepping.commonplace.is</a>  will remain open until 13th November for people to view and comment on the revised proposals. After this date, there is still the opportunity to send in questions via info@qualiscommercial.co.uk until 20th November.  <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1604929202/projects/workingtogetherforepping/2e5364f0-c26b-4666-9358-fa90f4fea316.jpg" />The second round of public consultation was widely attended last week via five online webinars, due to Covid restrictions, with the public being able to ask questions directly to the team about the individual proposals. Recordings of each webinar are available to view on the consultation platform.  The public consultation to date has been extremely comprehensive and covered a range of ages and demographics and provided extremely useful feedback.

Epping residents have until Friday 13th November to ‘have their say’ on Consultation Platform

If you would like to join the EFDC online Development Management Forum we ask that you please respond to implementationteam@eppingforestdc.gov.uk so that EDFC has an idea of numbers.Many thanks<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1604239631/projects/workingtogetherforepping/b7f65b91-67eb-4ee9-a6c9-06338d982dc2.jpg" />