North Wilmore Barn, Workers Road, High Laver, Ongar, CM5 0DZ

EPF/0959/23Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Refused

Listed building consent

Refused on 22 June 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Part demolition of an existing wall, of a curtilage listed building, to create an open sided outbuilding.

Received: 27 April 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Epping Forest District Council
Ward: Moreton and Fyfield

ReceivedReceived27 Apr
ValidatedValidated27 Apr
Consult.Consultation31 May
TargetTarget Date22 Jun
DecidedDecided22 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at North Wilmore Barn, Workers Road, High Laver, Ongar, CM5 0DZ. Epping Forest has handled 309 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 343 applications in total for the CM5 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: CM5 0DZ
Application type: Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Moreton, Bobbingworth and the Lavers

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 April 2023
Consultation expiry: 31 May 2023
Consultation end: 31 May 2023
Target decision date: 22 June 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 15

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.

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© 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.

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

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Epping Forest

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