The Epping Society

11/06/2026

Have your say on Epping’s future — the Neighbourhood Plan ballot is on 18th June. Read about the recent presentation at Epping Hall and what the plan means for local development, planning rules and how it fits within the district Local Plan. Full details: https://wix.to/hVpeIWd

Last night (8th June) a packed audience attended a presentation in Epping Hall, by Epping Town Council about the Epping Town Council Neighbourhood Plan (NP). The speaker, Cllr Nigel Avey started by explaining the different roles of the two Councils.He explained that the proposed NP has to fit inside...

04/06/2026

New evidence shows Stonards Hill is home to a significant population of badgers — a legally protected species. Epping must act now to safeguard these habitats and the wildlife our community values. Read the full report and learn how you can help: https://wix.to/cCMjl1O

For years, the green fields south of Stonards Hill have been valued by residents as one of Epping’s most peaceful natural spaces. Now, compelling new evidence suggests that this land is far more than a pleasant landscape: it is home to a significant population of badgers, one of Britain’s most s...

03/06/2026

We launched this petition only 24 hours ago and are well on our way to 500 signatures already. Thank you so much to everybody who has signed and if you haven't yet it only takes a couple of moments. We are calling for all development outside of the local plan to cease immediately.

Pause new development in Epping

02/06/2026

Epping is at breaking point and we need your voice. Join the campaign to protect Bumble Footpath and other green spaces threatened by development. Sign the petition and share with neighbours: https://wix.to/Zy1tokV

Tell the council we won’t stand by while essential community and green spaces are lost.

Today we launch a petition to let the council and developers know exactly what the local community think. Please sign and share. Epping at Breaking Point: Why Residents Are Demanding a Halt to Further DevelopmentEpping is a town under strain. Anyone who lives here can feel it: the GP appointments th...

01/06/2026

New post: Mill Mound Fields — a consultation that feels like a fast‑track land grab. Wates dropped leaflets with a two‑week response window, mislabelling the site and limiting meaningful public engagement. Read our breakdown and what it means for local residents. https://wix.to/BppDbro

Wates have dropped a flier on residents’ doorsteps announcing a proposed development at Mill Mound Fields, delivered on 22 May 2026 with a response deadline of 6 June — a deliberately tight two‑week window that limits meaningful public engagement. The leaflet calls the site “land South of St...

27/05/2026

We would like to thank all of you who have either joined the Epping Society or made a donation over that last month or so. We can not fight the powers that be without your generosity. Right now we have battles on many fronts including opposing the destruction of our beautiful countryside for new housing estates to windfarms. Once this land has gone it is gone forever. We do not oppose for oppositions sake. Development must be suitable, sustainable and with the right infrastructure in place. If you are able to make a contribution to help us in our efforts, we would be very grateful. Simply go to www.eppingsociety.org and choose 'donate' or 'join'. All contributions, however small will really help us stay the last front between you and the council / developers.

26/05/2026

𝗢𝗕𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗘𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗚

I have formally submitted my objection to the application by a private developer to build up to 80 homes on the land known as Old Pastures, Stonards Hill, Epping.

Sadly, we are continuing to see speculative development applications in Epping as a result of this Labour Government’s planning policy, which weakens Green Belt protections and places more pressure on communities like ours.

Epping is already taking more than its fair share of new homes through brownfield development and the Epping South Masterplan. The Local Plan was supposed to protect sites like Old Pastures from development. Our roads, schools, healthcare and local services are already under strain and cannot cope with further pressure. Our precious Green Belt should remain protected from inappropriate and unplanned development.

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀

There is some helpful guidance available to support residents in making representations on the Epping Society's Website: https://www.eppingsociety.org/post/old-pastures-epf-2477-25-please-object-now-to-protect-epping-s-green-belt

📧 Send your objection to: [email protected]
📌 Include planning reference: EPF/2477/25

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄:

"𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘌𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘗𝘍/2477/25 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 80 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴) 𝘢𝘵 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘌𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯 (2023) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 (𝘕𝘗𝘗𝘍).

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘚𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘵. 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩 153 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘗𝘗𝘍, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 80 𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.

𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘋𝘔3 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘔9. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥.

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘢𝘺 (𝘗𝘙𝘖𝘞) 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭. 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘳.

𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱-𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬-𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘜𝘱 𝘵𝘰 80 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘗𝘍/2477/25 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺.

𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺,

𝘊𝘭𝘭𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥
𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭"

26/05/2026

The Epping Society has issued a strong objection to the proposed housing development south of Stonards Hill — calling it “deeply damaging” to our town’s character, ecology and wellbeing. This open green buffer is irreplaceable. Read the full statement and learn how you can get involved: https://wix.to/53nX1bz

The Epping Society is voicing its strongest opposition yet to the proposed housing development on the land south of Stonards Hill — a scheme we believe would cause irreversible harm to the character, ecology and wellbeing of our town.The developer’s glossy consultation boards may speak of “gre...

25/05/2026

Deadline Tuesday. Protect Epping’s Green Belt: A planning application for up to 80 homes has been submitted for Old Pastures (EPF/2477/25), land that forms part of Epping’s open setting and community life. If you care about local character, green space, and pressure on roads and services, please submit an objection. Individual voices matter. Read more and object here: https://wix.to/fFijQi7

A planning application has been submitted for up to 80 homes on land known as “Old Pastures”, south of Stonards Hill Recreation Ground, Epping. This site sits in the Metropolitan Green Belt and has long been part of Epping’s open setting and community life.If you care about protecting Epping.....

22/05/2026

Epping’s health services are at breaking point. A new NHS assessment confirms local clinics and hospitals are already overstretched and cannot cope with more housing development. Read the full report and join the conversation about what must be done to protect patient care and our community: https://wix.to/hC8Nppw

Share your thoughts and experiences below — local voices matter.

Epping is facing a crisis that can no longer be ignored. A newly released NHS assessment has confirmed what residents, campaigners and frontline staff have been saying for years: our local health services are already overstretched, under‑resourced, and physically too small to cope with the populat...