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The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7NR

EPF/0373/26Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Awaiting decision
Listed building consent
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Grade II Listed Building consent for alterations to internal layout of existing outbuilding, remedial works and improvements to the external fabric.

Received
20 February 2026
Ward
Rural East
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.19 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a heritage application for an outbuilding at The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Sheering, Harlow, CM22 7NR. Epping Forest has handled 309 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 163 applications across Rural East. We hold 1,227 applications in total for the CM22 postcode area.

66% of heritage applications at Epping Forest District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CM22 7NR
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sheering

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2026
Consultation expiry
19 May 2026
Consultation end
19 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Epping Forest
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    20 Feb

    Alterations to internal layout of existing outbuilding, remedial works and improvements to the external…

    PendingHouseholderFiled alongsideEPF/0367/26
  2. 2026
    20 Feb

    Grade II Listed Building consent for alterations to internal layout of existing outbuilding, remedial works…

    This applicationPendingListed building consentEPF/0373/26

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    8 Oct

    Alterations to the internal layout of the existing outbuilding, remedial works and improvements to the…

    WithdrawnHouseholderEPF/2059/25
  2. 2025
    8 Oct

    Grade II Listed Building Consent for alterations to the internal layout of the existing outbuilding, remedial…

    WithdrawnListed building consentEPF/2081/25
  3. 2025
    14 Apr

    Extension to west elevation and internal and external remedial works and upgrade alterations including new…

    ApprovedHouseholderEPF/0832/25
  4. 2025
    14 Apr

    Grade II Listed building consent for extension to west elevation and internal and external remedial works and…

    ApprovedListed building consentEPF/0845/25
  5. 2025
    27 Mar

    TPO/EPF/45/10 (Ref: W1) T1 & T2: Yew - Crown reduce, as specified. NB The permitted specification of works is…

    ApprovedConsent under Tree Preservation OrdersEPF/0697/25

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