Planning application
Unit 21 Rear, Fyfield Business and Research Park, Fyfield Road, Ongar, CM5 0FQ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Prior Approval for Change of use from Commercial to residential to provide 5 new residential units.
As published by the council, reference EPF/1490/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/1490/26
- Type
- Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, Business and Service uses to Dwellinghouses
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 4 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 4 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Ongar
- Parish
- Ongar
- Postcode
- CM5 0FQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Aug 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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14 Aug 2026
Status changed to Under Consultation
Previously Valid.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 29 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Epping Forest took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Epping Forest for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Epping Forest decided prior approval applications in a median of 29 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Unit 19, Fyfield Business and Research Park, Fyfield Road, Ongar, CM5 0FQ
78% historically approved · decision due ~29 Sep
Prior Approval for Change of use from Commercial to provide 9 new residential units.
Awaiting decision Prior approval 22 docs -
Fyfield Business And Research Park Fyfield Road Ongar CM5 0GN
Change from grass pitch to all weather 3G pitch with floodlights.
Refused Full applications 16 docs -
11 Pippin Road Ongar CM5 0FS
Loft conversion with a pitched & flat roof dormers at front, flat roof dormer & rear & windows including Juliet balcony to the side elevations.
Refused Full applications Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 6 docs -
Land at Bundish Hall Farm, to the North East of Moreton Road , Ongar, CM5 0HH
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed Agricultural steel portal frame.
Granted Prior approval 9 docs -
Shelley Rectory, Fyfield Road, Ongar, CM5 0HQ
Application for a Lawful Development certificate for existing use of land for stationing of a mobile home for occupation as a dwelling.
Decided Lawful development 9 docsDomestic
Other prior approval applications
In Epping Forest
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EPF/1542/26 Decided
Hadleigh, Stondon Road, Ongar, CM5 9BU
Proposed single storey rear extension 8.00 x 3.20 x 3.20
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EPF/1682/26 Awaiting decision
14, Tennyson Avenue, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3BJ
Erection of single storey rear extension.
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EPF/1677/26 Awaiting decision
89, Hainault Road, Chigwell, IG7 5DL
Single storey rear extension 8M
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EPF/1661/26 Awaiting decision
Sheperds Cottage, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX
8m single storey rear extension to the main dwelling. Compliant under Permitted Development Policy.
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EPF/1656/26 Awaiting decision
Agricultural Barn, King Street Farm, King Street, Ongar, CM5 9NR
Prior Approval Application for the Change of Use of an Agricultural Building to Five Dwellinghouses (C3), and for building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion including an extension of up to four metres to the rear of the building.