Planning application
3 Piggotts Farm Barns, Abridge Road, Lambourne, RM4 1TX
Works: Extension Windows or glazing Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Construction of a single storey side extension, conversion of existing detached garage and new glazed link.
As published by the council, reference EPF/1620/26
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/1620/26
- Type
- Householder planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 21 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 21 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Theydon Bois with Passingford
- Parish
- Theydon Bois
- Postcode
- RM4 1TX
Comment by 15 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Epping Forest through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Aug 2026
Received by Epping Forest
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27 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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29 Aug 2026
Status changed to Under Consultation
Previously Valid.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 16 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Epping Forest took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Epping Forest for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Epping Forest decided householder applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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