Planning application
Bushes Cottage, Gould Close, Moreton, Ongar, CM5 0LG
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Construction of a new timber framed agricultural building attached to an existing timber framed building in ancillary residential use. The proposal requires the demolition of a 13.3m2 lean to element currently used as a gym.
As published by the council, reference EPF/1185/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/1185/26
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 15 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 15 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 18 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Rural East
- Parish
- Moreton, Bobbingworth and the Lavers
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CM5 0LG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Jun 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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18 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
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Epping Forest granted permission on 18 August 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.
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