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28, Willow Tree Close, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1BL

EPF/2018/24Householder planning permissionRefused
Householder

Refused on 18 November 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Loft conversion with rear facing dormer, three conservation style roof windows in the rear roof slope, and three conservation style roof windows in the front roof slope.

Received
4 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lambourne
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 28, Willow Tree Close, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1BL. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. The site is in the Abridge conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 272 applications in total for the RM4 postcode area.

70% of full 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 1BL
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lambourne

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2024
Consultation expiry
1 November 2024
Consultation end
1 November 2024

Appeal history

3359948
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 June 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Abridge

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, listed buildings, green belt, 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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