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Readings Farm, Norton Heath Road Old A414, High Ongar, Ingatestone, CM4 0LP

EPF/1084/26Prior approval Part 3 Class R: Agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial useRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 28 July 2026

Council decision: Refuse

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

Proposal

Prior Approval for change of use of an agricultural building to a commercial business use (Use Class E).

Received
2 June 2026
Ward
Rural East
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.24 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Readings Farm, Norton Heath Road Old A414, High Ongar, Ingatestone, CM4 0LP. Epping Forest has handled 747 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 163 applications across Rural East. We hold 865 applications in total for the CM4 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
CM4 0LP
Application type
Prior approval Part 3 Class R: Agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
High Ongar

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2026
Consultation expiry
24 June 2026
Consultation end
24 June 2026

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Listed building: Grade II: ReadingsOn or next to this site
  • 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 (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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