Planning application
Ferrers Farm, Woolmongers Lane, High Ongar, Ongar, CM4 0JX
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of dog kennels, a single-storey building to be used as a teaching room, and installation of 7 parking spaces, in association of the use of the site for dog boarding kennels.
As published by the council, reference EPF/1730/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/1730/26
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 9 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 16 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Rural East
- Parish
- High Ongar
- Postcode
- CM4 0JX
Comment by 7 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Epping Forest through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Sep 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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16 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 November 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
12 documents on file for this application
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