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3 Church Cottages, Church Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PS

Refused Epping Forest EPF/0699/25 Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed

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
Refused As published: 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.

  • EPF/0700/25 Granted

    3 Church Cottages, Church Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PS

    Certificate of lawful development for a proposed outbuilding.

    Decided 20 May 2025 Lawful development
  • EPF/0698/25 Granted

    3 Church Cottages, Church Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PS

    Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed single storey side extension.

    Decided 21 May 2025 Lawful development

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 27 Mar 2025

    Received by Epping Forest

  2. 20 May 2025

    Decision issued: Not Lawful

  3. 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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What 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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