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Scathes, Matching Green, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0PR

EPF/1130/26Lawful Development Certificate: ExistingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 4 August 2026

Council decision: Not Lawful

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawful development for existing building comprising a residential annexe.

Received
8 June 2026
Ward
Rural East
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated8 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Aug

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Scathes, Matching Green, Matching, Harlow, CM17 0PR. Epping Forest has handled 195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Matching Green conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 163 applications across Rural East. We hold 401 applications in total for the CM17 postcode area.

63% of amendment 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 0PR
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate: Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Matching

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 June 2026
Consultation expiry
1 July 2026
Consultation end
1 July 2026

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Matching Green
  • Listed building: Grade II: Thatched CottageOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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.

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.

Source: Epping Forest

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