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Brook Lodge, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9JX

EPF/1648/26Refused

Refused on 29 October 2026

Council decision: Refuse

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

Proposal

Conversion of the existing summerhouse into a one-bed one person until of accommodation in connection with the existing assisted living facility (Revised application to EPF/2509/25).

Received
26 August 2026
Ward
Ongar
  1. Received26 Aug
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 51 days

About this application

This is a planning application for an outbuilding at Brook Lodge, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9JX. Epping Forest has handled 5,710 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in the Chipping Ongar conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 343 applications in total for the CM5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CM5 9JX
Parish
Ongar

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Hannah Collins

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
  • 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, listed buildings, 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, 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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