Ark Royal, Carters Green, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0NX

EPF/0500/23Lawful Development Certificate: ProposedApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 April 2023

Council decision: LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for proposed single storey side extensions and outbuildings.

Received: 6 March 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Epping Forest District Council
Ward: Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village

ReceivedReceived6 Mar
ValidatedValidated6 Mar
Consult.Consultation4 Apr
TargetTarget Date1 May
DecidedDecided25 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at Ark Royal, Carters Green, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0NX. Epping Forest has handled 747 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 401 applications in total for the CM17 postcode area.

80% of outline applications at Epping Forest District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: CM17 0NX
Application type: Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Matching

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 March 2023
Consultation expiry: 4 April 2023
Consultation end: 4 April 2023
Target decision date: 1 May 2023
Decision issued: 26 April 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Listed building: Grade II: The Old HouseOn or next to this site
Green belt: Epping Forest
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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Associated applications

2023
6 Mar
Certificate of lawful development for proposed single storey side extensions and outbuildings.
This applicationApprovedOutlineEPF/0500/23
2023
3 Mar
Prior approval for a 6m deep single storey extension to the rear of the property, height to eaves 2.56 m and…
ApprovedOutlineFiled alongsideEPF/0487/23

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Epping Forest

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