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1, Field Close, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1DL

EPF/2470/24Householder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 24 January 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing conservatory , garage and outbuilding and erection of rear 6.0m extension and side 3.0m deep extension / change of Entrance door location to front of the building and installation of roofing Velux lights to front and rear slopes /Installation of off street parking at front of the building for two cars.

Received
6 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chigwell with Lambourne
  1. Received6 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.24 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Jan

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 1, Field Close, Lambourne, Romford, RM4 1DL. Epping Forest has handled 2,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Epping Forest's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Chigwell with Lambourne. 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 1DL
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lambourne

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2024
Consultation expiry
24 January 2025
Consultation end
24 January 2025

Additional information

Documents
14

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 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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