Planning application
3 Church Cottages, Church Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PS
Works: Extension
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed rear extensions.
As published by the council, reference EPF/0699/25
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/0699/25
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Not Lawful
- Received
- 27 Mar 2025
- Validated
- 27 Mar 2025
- Decided
- 20 May 2025
- Ward
- Theydon Bois with Passingford
- Parish
- Stanford Rivers
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CM5 9PS
Site history
Applications at this address on the Epping Forest register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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EPF/0700/25 Granted
3 Church Cottages, Church Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PS
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed outbuilding.
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EPF/0698/25 Granted
3 Church Cottages, Church Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PS
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed single storey side extension.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Mar 2025
Received by Epping Forest
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20 May 2025
Decision issued: Not Lawful
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2 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Epping Forest refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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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3 Church Cottages, Church Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PS
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed outbuilding.
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Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed single storey side extension.
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