Woodside Farm, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1ER

EPF/1733/26Prior approval Part 1 Class AA: Enlargement to dwellinghouses by construction of additional storeysRefused

Refused on 7 November 2026

Council decision: Refuse

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

Proposal

Proposed upwards extension on existing footprint of Woodside Farm.

Received: 10 September 2026
Council: Epping Forest District Council
Ward: Theydon Bois with Passingford

ReceivedReceived10 Sep
ValidatedValidated10 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided7 Nov

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at Woodside Farm, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1ER. Epping Forest has handled 5 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 272 applications in total for the RM4 postcode area.

77% of all 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 1ER
Application type: Prior approval Part 1 Class AA: Enlargement to dwellinghouses by construction of additional storeys
Parish: Stapleford Abbotts

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer: Mohinder Bagry

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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

Source: Epping Forest

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