Ongar Park Hall, High Road, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6GQ Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/0611/26 - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Demolition of existing agricultural building and construction of a replacement agricultural building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

24 Mar 2026

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Approved

19 May 2026

Approved on 19 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Documents 17

Associated applications 2

FullApproved19 May 2026EPF/0611/26This application
Demolition of existing agricultural building and construction of a replacement agricultural building.
Conditions 4, 6, 7 awaiting decision
- ConditionsApplication for the approval of details reserved by condition 4 Surface Water Disposal…8 Sep 2026EPF/1721/26

Site constraints 2

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Epping Forest
Application type: Full planning permission
Postcode: CM16 6GQ
Received: 24 Mar 2026
Validated: 24 Mar 2026
Ward: Theydon Bois with Passingford
Parish: Moreton, Bobbingworth and the Lavers;Stanford Rivers
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 19 May 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 19 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 45% of agricultural works here are.

This one56d

Council55d

UK54d

69%decided within 8 weeks

45%approved

34decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Epping Forest in the last twelve months, from validation. Epping Forest decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 22 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 17 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

1 previous application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Refused

Prior Notification for demolition of existing agricultural building and construction of r…

EPF/2426/25 18 Dec 2025

Epping Forest

Planning Authority Score

4.5/10

Below average

#172 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Epping Forest ranks #114 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Epping Forest is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 76% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 76% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Epping Forest decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

67%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #295 of 296

76%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #290 of 296

71%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #114 of 296

34%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #87 of 296

49%

Minor dwellings approved

228 decided (1-9 homes)

55%

Major dwellings approved

20 decided (10+ homes)

49%

Change of use approved

43 decided

1,307

Total decisions

429 refused in the year to March 2026