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Four Elms, Mutton Row, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9QQ

EPF/0678/23Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 May 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from Agricultural Land to Equestrian Manège, Stables and Paddock, Construction of Manège and Construction of Stables - (Revised scheme to approved application EPF/1338/22 - relocation of manège).

Received
24 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Passingford
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.26 Apr
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Four Elms, Mutton Row, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9QQ. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 343 applications in total for the CM5 postcode area.

70% of full 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
CM5 9QQ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanford Rivers

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2023
Consultation expiry
26 April 2023
Consultation end
26 April 2023
Target decision date
19 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Listed building: Grade II: Brook CottageOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Epping Forest

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

Source: Epping Forest

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