Acorns (formerly Fairview), Dunmow Road, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0NW Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/0494/26 - Lawful development Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed outbuilding. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Mar 2026
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Approved
1 May 2026

Approved on 1 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DM Decision Notice.pdf PDF · 1 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report WORD_X · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF 3299_02_Existing Plans.pdf PDF · 10 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3299_01_RevA_Existing Block and Location Plan.pdf PDF · 10 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3299_10_Proposed Site Plan (outbuilding).pdf PDF · 10 Mar 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted PDF · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3299_09_RevB_Proposed Outbuilding.pdf PDF · 10 Mar 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 4

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. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 1
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Brickyards, Grade II, about 47 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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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Other new applications on this street

18 Sept 2026Pending

The Bays, Dunmow Road, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0NW

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17 Aug 2026Pending

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Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed single storey side extension.

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Retrospective consent to retain alterations made to garage workshop.

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17 Aug 2026Pending

Acorns, Dunmow Road, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0NW

Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed single storey side extension.

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Important details

Council
Epping Forest
Application type
Lawful development
Postcode
CM5 0NW
Received
10 Mar 2026
Validated
10 Mar 2026
Ward
Rural East
Parish
Fyfield
Case officer
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Target decision
5 May 2026
Decision
Lawful
Decision date
1 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 52 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 79% of extensions here are.

74%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
779decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions 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

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2 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
The Bays, Dunmow Road, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0NW
Two storey rear infill extension, single storey front extension, garage conversion, raisi…
EPF/1935/25
2021 Withdrawn
Fairview Dunmow Road Fyfield Ongar CM5 0NW
Erection of 4 bedroom detached dwelling with detached car port.
EPF/1864/21
2021 Withdrawn
Fairhaven Dunmow Road Fyfield Ongar CM5 0NW
Application for a Lawful Development certificate for a proposed fill in between 2 dormer…
EPF/3171/21
2018 Approved
Fairview Dunmow Road Fyfield Ongar Essex CM5 0NW
Proposed double storey rear extension and front porch extension with associated internal…
EPF/0626/18
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings