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1 Reformatory Cottages Harlow Tye Road Matching Harlow Essex CM17 0PG

EPF/1016/22Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 1 August 2022

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Alterations to existing garage roof to provide home office.

Received
3 May 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village
  1. Received3 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 1 Reformatory Cottages Harlow Tye Road Matching Harlow Essex CM17 0PG. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Epping Forest's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 401 applications in total for the CM17 postcode area.

70% of full 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 0PG
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Matching

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2022
Consultation expiry
28 July 2022
Consultation end
28 July 2022
Target decision date
1 August 2022
Application expires
14 July 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
74 days

Appeal history

3304864
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 30 June 2023Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
9

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    26 Jan

    Single storey kitchen extension to link with existing garage.

    RefusedFull planning permissionEPF/0240/17

Source: Epping Forest

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