Water End Farmhouse, Epping Road, Bobbingworth, Ongar, CM5 0DE Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/0418/26 - Consent under Tree Preservation Orders Approved

Proposal

(Ref: T5) T1: Tree ID 35 Oak - Crown reduce height and spread by up to 5m, as specified. NB: The permitted specification of works is detailed in the conditions below. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

26 Feb 2026

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Approved

30 Mar 2026

Approved on 30 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Documents 7

Site constraints 3

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 3b

Not 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) agrees.

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.

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.

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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Important details

Council: Epping Forest
Application type: Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Postcode: CM5 0DE
Received: 26 Feb 2026
Validated: 26 Feb 2026
Ward: Rural East
Parish: Moreton, Bobbingworth and the Lavers
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Apr 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 30 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 32 days from validation, 10 days faster than Epping Forest's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 90% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one32d

Council42d

UK36d

70%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

167decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping 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: 25 Mar 2026

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

Water End Farmhouse, Epping Road, Bobbingworth, Ongar, CM5 0DE Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 1

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 2

Site constraints 3

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