Pond House, Matching Green, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0QE

EPF/1089/23Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaRefused

Prior approval

Refused on 15 June 2023

Council decision: Raise ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Matching Green Conservation Area T1 & T2: 2 x Poplar. T3: Sycamore (Variegated) - Fell.

Received: 12 May 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Epping Forest District Council
Ward: Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village

ReceivedReceived12 May
ValidatedValidated12 May
Consult.Consultation8 Jun
TargetTarget Date23 Jun
DecidedDecided15 Jun

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Pond House, Matching Green, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0QE. Epping Forest has handled 498 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in the Matching Green conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 401 applications in total for the CM17 postcode area.

95% of trees 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 0QE
Application type: Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Matching

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 May 2023
Consultation expiry: 8 June 2023
Consultation end: 8 June 2023
Target decision date: 23 June 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

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.

Conservation area: Matching Green
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, 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

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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.

Source: Epping Forest

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