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The Nook, Norwood End, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0RW

EPF/0964/23Householder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 9 August 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of both outbuildings and erection of a 3 bay garage with loft space. The garage will be smaller in both footprint and volume than the two outbuildings that are currently on site- one is for storage and the other a garage. The new garage will provide 3 parking spaces for the clients, to keep their cars safe, and additionally will have loft space for storage.

Received
27 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Moreton and Fyfield
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.31 May
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided9 Aug

Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Nook, Norwood End, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0RW. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Epping Forest's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
CM5 0RW
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Fyfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2023
Consultation expiry
31 May 2023
Consultation end
31 May 2023
Target decision date
11 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
106 days

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.

  • 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. 2023
    27 Apr

    Demolition of both outbuildings and erection of a 3 bay garage with loft space. The garage will be smaller in…

    This applicationApprovedFullEPF/0964/23
  2. 2023
    26 Apr

    - Demolish small side porch and replace with one of similar scale - Raise front gable - Internal works…

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