Gypsy Mead Works, Ongar Road, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0RB

EPF/2191/24Approval of details reserved by a conditionRefused

Discharge / amendments

Refused on 21 November 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application for approval of details reserved by condition 8 'Contamination' on planning permission EPF/0016/19 (Proposed development of x 23 no. new homes with associated parking facilities, cycle stores and rubbish disposal).

Received: 30 October 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Epping Forest District Council
Ward: Rural East

ReceivedReceived30 Oct
ValidatedValidated30 Oct
Consult.Consultation22 Nov
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided21 Nov

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Gypsy Mead Works, Ongar Road, Fyfield, Ongar, CM5 0RB. Epping Forest has handled 878 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 163 applications across Rural East. We hold 343 applications in total for the CM5 postcode area.

86% of conditions 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 0RB
Application type: Approval of details reserved by a condition
Scale / size: Medium
Number of dwellings: 23
Parish: Fyfield

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 October 2024
Consultation expiry: 22 November 2024
Consultation end: 22 November 2024

Additional information

Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: RodmansOn or next to this site
Green belt: Epping ForestNext to the site
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.

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