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Your guide to CM5 9DX.

Epping Forest · East of England

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OVERVIEW

The local picture.

CM5 9DX is in the Epping Forest local authority area. The nearest listed railway station is Shenfield, about 6.2 miles from this location. Explore local services and travel connections below, alongside housing and planning records.

House price trend+4.9%Epping Forest · Jun 2026Recent planning71 stored applicationsStored results; complete coverage is not confirmedNearest train stationShenfield6.2 milesImmediate neighbourhood population1,700Small statistical area · 2024
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WEATHER

Weather this week

Forecast for CM5 9DX.

Sun · 13 Sep
23°high
Heavy showers18° low
7-day forecast
Mon23°16° lowPartly cloudy14 Sep
Tue22°14° lowLight showers15 Sep
Wed18°11° lowFair16 Sep
Thu17°12° lowLight rain17 Sep
Fri17°11° lowPartly cloudy18 Sep
Sat20°13° lowCloudy19 Sep
HOUSING MARKET

Housing market

Completed property sales and the wider area price trend.

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Median recorded sold price£488,000CM5 postcode district

17 Sep 2025 – 17 Jul 2026

85 recorded sales · HM Land Registry
Official average house price£536,765Epping Forest

June 2026

UK House Price Index · wider-area benchmark
Official annual price change+4.9%Epping Forest

June 2026 compared with a year earlier

UK House Price Index · same area, year on year

The median is the middle recorded sale in the sample above. The official index adjusts for the mix of homes sold across a wider area. Recent registrations can arrive late; neither figure values an individual home.

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Use sold-price median: £488,000 Use area average: £536,765
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PLANNING

Planning

Recent nearby applications and a route to the full planning view.

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Land at Greensted Road, Chipping Ongar, CM5 9LAAwaiting decision›
View proposalApproval of Biodiversity Gain Plan Reserved by Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) (alongside Condition 3 - HMMP under EPF/2604/25) of EPF/1546/24 (Redevelopment of the site to provide 85 dwellings including affordable housing, car and cycle parking, access arrangements, landscaping, services and associated infrastructure (ONG.R5 - Allocated Site In Ongar))
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LOCAL LIFE

What’s around here?

A lighter snapshot of useful local places, showing only the results available in each section.

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Some unclaimed business pages use category illustrations until the business adds its own photographs.

Food hygiene data: Food Standards Agency / local authorities, OGL. Place and available business details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
LIVING HERE

Living here

Schools, population, reported crime and employment.

Schools
  1. Chipping Ongar Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 4–110.3 mi
  2. Ongar Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 4–110.8 mi
  3. The Ongar AcademySecondary · Ages 11–180.9 mi
  4. High Ongar Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 4–110.9 mi
Immediate neighbourhood1,700 residents

Population of the small statistical area surrounding CM5 9DX—not the whole town. 2024.

0–15 · 20.6%16–64 · 57.4%65+ · 22.0%
What area does this cover?

Epping Forest 004A (LSOA) is a defined statistical boundary, not a mileage radius.

Reported crime47

Reports within about one mile in the latest mapped month · 2026-07.

Anti-social behaviour · 15Violence & sexual offences · 15Vehicle crime · 7
Employment3.8%

Unemployment estimate for Epping Forest · Latest available period.

REPRESENTATION

Who represents this area?

Current representation and recent general-election history for Brentwood and Ongar.

Local councilEpping ForestLocal authority for CM5 9DX
Latest general election · 2024Conservative36.7% vote share
How this area has votedWinning party, vote share and turnout at recent general elections.
2024Conservative36.7% of votes64.1% turnout
2019Conservative68.5% of votes70.5% turnout
2017Conservative65.8% of votes70.5% turnout
2015Conservative58.8% of votes72.2% turnout
2010Conservative56.9% of votes73.0% turnout

Constituency boundaries changed in 2024, so older results may not cover exactly the same streets.

GETTING AROUND

Getting around

Roads, rail, nearby car parks, EV charging, driving charges and airports.

How to get here on the Tube
Nearest motorway / major roadM254.1 miles
Clean air & driving chargesDartford Crossing16.5 miles from the postcode point
EV CHARGING

Nearby EV charging

Nearest public charging locations with useful charger details where available.

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NEAREST MAJOR AIRPORT

Stansted Airport

About 12.6 miles away. Distance alone does not show whether a property is under a flight path.

No strategic aircraft-noise band is shown for this postcode. That does not guarantee aircraft will never be heard.

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NEARBY PLACES & OUTDOORS

Nearby places & outdoors

Useful nearby places, green space and walking routes.

Useful nearby places

Nearest prison
HMP Chelmsford10.6 miles away

Green space and walks

Green space
  1. Weald4.7 mi
  2. Merrymeade5.6 mi
  3. Hatfield Forest9.6 mi
Walks & trails
  1. Thames Path16.9 mi
  2. North Downs Way23.9 mi

Distance is to the nearest mapped point; it does not guarantee immediate access to the route from this postcode.

From Vet Reviews

Vets near this area

Explore practice profiles, owner reviews and contact details around CM5 9DX.

Published practices within 10 miles, ordered by approximate straight-line distance from the map point. Some practice locations use postcode centres. This is not a quality ranking or a complete directory.

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Mobile coverage
Coverage at a glanceIndoor and outdoor coverage around CM5 9DX
EE
Indoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
Three
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O2
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Vodafone
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UTILITIES & BROADBAND

Utilities & broadband

BIN DAYS

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Data, sources and limitationsSources, refresh dates and important context
Key sources

Weather: MET Norway, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Mobile coverage and broadband: Ofcom. Population: ONS via Nomis. Property sales: HM Land Registry. Local places may include Food Standards Agency and OpenStreetMap data. Elections use published constituency results and current representative data.

How to read the figures

Small-area population is a defined statistical geography, not a town total or mileage radius. Distances are approximate straight-line or mapped distances unless a module states otherwise. Older election results may use pre-2024 constituency boundaries.

Dataset dates
  • Weather: 13 Sep 2026, 13:30
  • Sold prices: most recent displayed sale 17 Jul 2026
  • Reported crime: 2026-07

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