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Unit 4 Bansons Yard Bansons Yard High Street Ongar CM5 9AA

EPF/0715/26Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, Business and Service uses to DwellinghousesAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior approval for change of use from commercial office space to two semi-detached 2 bedroom houses. See also EPF/0244/26.

Received
10 April 2026
Ward
Ongar
  1. Received10 Apr
  2. Validated10 Apr
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Unit 4 Bansons Yard Bansons Yard High Street Ongar CM5 9AA. Epping Forest has handled 747 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Chipping Ongar conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Ongar. We hold 343 applications in total for the CM5 postcode area.

80% of outline 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 9AA
Application type
Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, Business and Service uses to Dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ongar

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 April 2026
Consultation expiry
5 May 2026
Consultation end
5 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Chipping Ongar
  • Listed building: Grade II: Outbuilding to Rear of Little BensonsOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Central House High Street Ongar Essex CM5 9AARegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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