New Farm, Copped Hall Estate, High Road, Epping, CM16 5HT Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/1991/26 - Full planning permission Under Consultation

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and hardstanding, conversion of the existing barn to form two dwellings, and the erection of six dwellings, together with open space, associated access, parking, landscaping and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Jan 2027

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 15 Dec 2026, from Epping Forest's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 12 Nov 2026

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Documents 63

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show WORD_X · 22 Oct 2026 View ↗

Other documents 46

PDF NC25.901-lva01_Part 2_figures.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF P101-120.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF P41-60_compressed.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.11D plot3.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF AIA-MF-023-26_New Farm House_021026.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.14D plot5.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.25A plot1.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF NC25.901-lva01_Part 1_text & appendices_rev C.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF P21-40.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF S3486 Eng.Report Building C copy.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.13D plot4.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF P181-195.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.6E plot1.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗
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PDF Thompson D6149.17D plot6.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF P61-80.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 419-001-RP2-Rev3 - DS.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.29 garages.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 24x13x28 Accommodation Schedule.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.12D plot4.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.16D plot6.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF P81-100.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF New Farm, Copped Hall Estate_09.09.26.xlsx EXCEL_X · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF P121-140.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 2118_261001_New Farm, Copped Hall_Arch DBA.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.7E plot1.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning_Statement_New_Farm_Copped_Hall_Final.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.8D plot2.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF H4772b - New Farm House, Epping - Residential Scheme - HRA Process Note - v2.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.9D plot2.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 24x13x29 Landscape Strategy.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF P141-160.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF P161-180.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF EcIA_New Farm_RevB_Issue_06.10.26.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.26A plot3.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF P1-20.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 2405020_A-ACE-XX-00-RP-C-0102_EFSAC Technical Note (Final).pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF LPA 19.10.26 New Farm Copped Hall_1.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.10D plot3.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF NC25.901-lva01_Part 3_photos_compressed-2.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.18C plot4.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 2118_261002_New Farm_HIA Residential.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.15D plot5.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Thompson D6149.27A plot5.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 419-001-RP1-Rev2 - FRA.pdf PDF · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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 ↗
Copped Hall conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Special area of conservation about 462 m away: Epping Forest; SSSI about 462 m away: Epping Forest SSSI; Priority habitat about 36 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 22 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

Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
CM16 5HT
Received
20 Oct 2026
Validated
20 Oct 2026
Ward
Epping West and Rural
Parish
Epping Upland
Case officer
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Target decision
19 Jan 2027
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 8 of the 56-day target. Epping Forest usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 848 days to the 56-day target
51%decided within 8 weeks
54%approved
71decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 23 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
12 Nov 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