Planning application
The Piggeries, Greensted Road, Ongar, CM5 9LE
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 padel court building.
As published by the council, reference EPF/0919/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/0919/26
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Not Lawful
- Received
- 11 May 2026
- Validated
- 11 May 2026
- Decided
- 14 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Ongar
- Parish
- Ongar
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CM5 9LE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 May 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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14 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Not Lawful
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23 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 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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