Planning application
5 Norton Mandeville, Norton Lane, High Ongar, Ongar, CM4 0LN
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawful Development for existing use as boarding kennels.
As published by the council, reference EPF/0679/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/0679/26
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate: Existing
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Lawful
- Received
- 1 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 1 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 11 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Rural East
- Parish
- High Ongar
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CM4 0LN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Apr 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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11 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Lawful
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9 Sep 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Epping Forest granted permission on 11 June 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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