Fieldhouse Farm Baker Street Orsett Essex RM16 3LJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00112/PAPNDM - Application for prior notification of Approved

Proposal

Application pursuant to Schedule 2, Part 11, Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) to determine if the prior approval of the local planning authority is required for the proposed demolition of Fieldhouse Farm, Baker Street and associated vehicle garage and other associated outbuildings. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 09:17

Application progress

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Received

2 Feb 2026

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Approved

27 Feb 2026

Approved on 27 Feb 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 1 Aug 2026

Documents 9

Site constraints 6

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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National infrastructure project about 16 m away: Lower Thames Crossing

The site is about 16 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Norwich to Tilbury (examination closed, recommendation due, about 621 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Scheduled monument about 245 m away: Crop mark complex, Orsett; Inside the Baker Street built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,200,000 in August 2018. Other property, freehold.

1 August 2018£1,200,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Thurrock
Application type: Application for prior notification of
Postcode: RM16 3LJ
Received: 2 Feb 2026
Validated: 2 Feb 2026
Ward: OLD Orsett
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Mar 2026
Decision: Prior Approval Granted
Decision date: 27 Feb 2026
Decision level: Chief Planning Officer Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Atkins
Freehold owner: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 25 days from validation, 31 days faster than Thurrock's median of 56 for demolitions. Approved, as 90% of demolitions here are.

This one25d

Council56d

UK56d

60%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

45decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Thurrock in the last twelve months, from validation. Thurrock decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 26 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry: 30 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

7 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2016 Refused

Construction of stable block for private stabling of horses

16/01298/FUL 2 Dec 2016

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2016 Approved

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2016

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Thurrock

Planning Authority Score

6/10

Average

#104 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Thurrock is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #25 out of 296. Thurrock is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.

Among the fastest councils in England

for householder decisions

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Thurrock decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

82%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #252 of 296

82%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #271 of 296

84%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #25 of 296

31%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #62 of 296

65%

Minor dwellings approved

74 decided (1-9 homes)

43%

Major dwellings approved

7 decided (10+ homes)

86%

Change of use approved

43 decided

671

Total decisions

124 refused in the year to March 2026