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The Retreat, Market Place, Abridge, RM4 1AU

EPF/1850/26Lawful Development Certificate: ExistingAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness confirming that development of the site as constructed implements and does not run contrary to the decision issued under reference EPF/1471/17.

Received
30 September 2026
Ward
Chigwell with Lambourne
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at The Retreat, Market Place , Abridge , RM4 1AU. Epping Forest has handled 6 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 272 applications in total for the RM4 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
RM4 1AU
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate: Existing
Parish
Lambourne

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Nathaniel Raimi

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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