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Arnolds Farm Business Centre, 221 Ongar Road, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1RH

EPF/0987/26Approval of details reserved by a conditionAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No. 7: Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan and Biodiversity Gain Plan of EPF/2362/25 (Proposed site entrance (Revised application to EPF/0536/25)).

Received
19 May 2026
Ward
Chigwell with Lambourne
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Arnolds Farm Business Centre, 221 Ongar Road, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1RH. Epping Forest has handled 878 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Chigwell with Lambourne. We hold 272 applications in total for the RM4 postcode area.

86% of conditions 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
RM4 1RH
Application type
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lambourne

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2026
Consultation expiry
10 June 2026
Consultation end
10 June 2026

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    19 May

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No. 7: Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan and Biodiversity Gain…

    This applicationPendingDischarge of conditionsEPF/0987/26
  2. 2025
    14 Mar

    New proposed entrance to existing approved application EPF/3027/19

    RefusedFull planning permissionPart ofEPF/0536/25

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