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58A, Rhs House, Tawney Lane, Stapleford Tawney, Romford, RM4 1EE

EPF/1641/23Prior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extensionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 August 2023

Council decision: Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior approval for a 8.0m deep single storey rear extension to create open plan living/kitchen/dining space with external materials to match the existing, height to eaves 2.62 and maximum height 3.96.

Received
19 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Passingford
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated19 Jul
  3. Consult.17 Aug
  4. Target30 Aug
  5. Decided25 Aug

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 58A, Rhs House, Tawney Lane, Stapleford Tawney, Romford, RM4 1EE. Epping Forest has handled 747 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 272 applications in total for the RM4 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
RM4 1EE
Application type
Prior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extension
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stapleford Tawney

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 July 2023
Consultation expiry
17 August 2023
Consultation end
17 August 2023
Target decision date
30 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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.

Source: Epping Forest

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