Christopher Charles Pond (born 1949) is a British historian, librarian, and local government politician.
He attended Sir George Monoux Grammar School and Queens' College, Cambridge.
He was instrumental in securing refusal of an application to demolish most of the cordite factory at the Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills in 2016.
[citation needed] At Epping Forest District Council in 2021, he moved the motion and outlined the reasons for rejecting an application to build a large depot on green belt land at Waltham Abbey for Next plc, a decision that was subsequently upheld by the Planning Inspectorate and was reported as a victory for the countryside over big business.
[1] During the years 1997 to 2005, he was often confused with Chris Pond, then MP for Gravesham, because of the unusual coincidence of the shared name and age.