Planning application
Spains Hall, Spains Hall Road, Willingale, Ongar, CM5 0QE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Notification for prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of an existing agricultural building and land within its curtilage at the Umbrella Building, Spains Hall, to Class E(g)(iii) light industrial use, with no operational development proposed.
As published by the council, reference EPF/1281/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/1281/26
- Type
- Prior approval Part 3 Class R: Agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 29 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 29 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 19 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Rural East
- Parish
- Willingale
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CM5 0QE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Epping Forest register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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EPF/1669/26 Awaiting decision
Spains Hall , Spains Hall Road, Willingale, Ongar, CM5 0QE
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 Regulation 77 of EPF/1281/26 (Notification for prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of an existing agricultural building and land within its curtilage at the Umbrella Building, Spains Hall, to Class E(g)(iii) light industrial use, with no operational development proposed).
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EPF/2392/25 Refused
Spains Hall, Spains Hall Road, Willingale, Ongar, CM5 0QE
Erection of a detached single-storey cutting plant and butchery building (meat packing house), following the demolition of a freestanding concrete framed canopy structure within the farmyard.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jun 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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19 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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EPF/1669/26 Awaiting decision
Spains Hall , Spains Hall Road, Willingale, Ongar, CM5 0QE
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 Regulation 77 of EPF/1281/26 (Notification for prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of an existing agricultural building and land within its curtilage at the Umbrella Building, Spains Hall, to Class E(g)(iii) light industrial use, with no operational development proposed).
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Epping Forest granted permission on 19 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.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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