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Land North of Chelmsford Road, Ongar, CM5 9LX

Granted Epping Forest EPF/1765/25 Approval of details reserved by a condition

Works: Trees Major scheme

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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 4 (Tree Protection), Condition 5 (Construction Management Statement), 6 (CEMP Biodiversity), 7 (Archaeology), 8 (Drainage), 9 (Off-site Flooding), 10 (EVCP), 11 (BES Ecology), 12 (Material Excavated), 13 (Hard & Soft Landscaping) and 14 (TPP for Veteran Field Maple Tree) of EPF/2787/23 (The development of 129 dwellings with associated parking, landscaping, open space, drainage and infrastructure and the formation of pedestrian and vehicular access onto High Ongar Road).

As published by the council, reference EPF/1765/25

Application record

Reference
EPF/1765/25
Type
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
2 Sep 2025
Validated
2 Sep 2025
Decided
9 Sep 2026
Ward
Ongar
Parish
Ongar
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CM5 9LX

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Sep 2025

    Received by Epping Forest

  2. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 9 Sep 2026

    Decision issued: Approve

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

81 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Epping Forest granted permission on 9 September 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 condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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