Bridge House, Dunmow Road, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0NN Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/0224/26 - Listed building consent (Alt/Ext) Approved

Proposal

Grade II* Listed Building application for proposed single storey rear extension, internal reconfiguration and removal of outbuilding. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
3 Feb 2026
✓
Approved
20 Apr 2026

Approved on 20 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Site constraints 6

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Black Bull Public House, Grade II, about 33 m from the postcode pin · 5 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.
Show all 5 with distances
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Public footpath about 30 m away; Inside the Fyfield built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £630,000 in March 2018. Detached house, freehold.

2 March 2018£630,000
31 May 2007£500,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Epping Forest - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Postcode
CM5 0NN
Received
3 Feb 2026
Validated
3 Feb 2026
Ward
Rural East
Parish
Fyfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Apr 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
20 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 76 days from validation, 20 days slower than Epping Forest's median of 56 for demolitions. Approved, as 64% of demolitions here are.

65%decided within 8 weeks
64%approved
142decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions 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

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
27 Feb 2026
Epping Forest
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#172 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.