Planning application
Cock And Magpie Public House, Epping Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PU
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Planning application to extend the period to allow the use of the site as a car sales and car wash for a further 11months
As published by the council, reference EPF/1517/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/1517/26
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 7 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 11 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Epping West and Rural
- Parish
- Epping Upland
- Postcode
- CM16 6PU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Epping Forest register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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EPF/2304/24 Refused
Cock And Magpie Public House, Epping Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PU
Location of 2 temporary storage units and a temporary office unit and fencing together with the temporary change of use of the site to a car wash and car sales area for a period of 11 months.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Aug 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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11 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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14 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 October 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
9 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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About full applications
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Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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Land Adjacent to Epping Long Green, Land Adjacent to Epping Long Green, Epping Long Green, Epping, CM16 6PU
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 8'Verification and Gas Monitoring' on planning permission EPF/0160/23 (The provision of x4 no. dwellings, including ancillary works on previously developed land)
Granted Conditions 7 docs -
Travellers Friend, Epping Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PU
Variation of Condition 5 Hard and Soft Landscaping of EPF/1246/24 (Retention and refurbishment of existing pub, together with supporting redevelopment of the surplus car park to provide three houses and ancillary development).
Granted Amendments 7 docsSeveral homes -
Land Adjacent to Epping Long Green , Epping Long Green, Epping , CM16 6PU
The provision of x4 no. dwellings, including ancillary works on previously developed land
Granted Full applications 25 docs -
Travellers Friend, Epping Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PU
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 20 Ecology of EPF/1246/24 (Retention and refurbishment of existing pub, together with supporting redevelopment of the surplus car park to provide three houses and ancillary development).
Granted Conditions 10 docsSeveral homes -
Cock And Magpie Public House, Epping Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PU
Location of 2 temporary storage units and a temporary office unit and fencing together with the temporary change of use of the site to a car wash and car sales area for a period of 11 months.
Refused Full applications 12 docs -
Travellers Friend, Epping Road, Epping Upland, Epping, CM16 6PU
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 15 Contaminated Land of EPF/1246/24 (Retention and refurbishment of existing pub, together with supporting redevelopment of the surplus car park to provide three houses and ancillary development).
Split decision Conditions 12 docsSeveral homes
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