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26/00410/CONDC - Condition Clearance Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Application for the approval of details reserved by condition No 20 and 21 of planning permission ref: (Residential Development Comprising six two-bedroomed bungalows with Associated Access, Amenity and Parking) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Apr 2026
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Validated
15 Apr 2026
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Approved
11 May 2026

Approved on 11 May 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 16

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 11 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 14

PDF PLOT 1 WATER EFFICIENCY CALC 23429 Studies and Reports · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PLOT 2 WATER EFFICIENCY CALC 23429 Studies and Reports · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PLOT 3 WATER EFFICIENCY CALC 23429 Studies and Reports · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PLOT 4 WATER EFFICIENCY CALC 23429 Studies and Reports · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PLOT 5 WATER EFFICIENCY CALC 23429 Studies and Reports · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PLOT 6 WATER EFFICIENCY CALC 23429 Studies and Reports · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF SANDOWN DOC (ABOVEGL) Other · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COMBINEDREPORT_PLOT 5_23429 NO WWHRS_2026-04-13_10-44-41 Studies and Reports · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COMBINEDREPORT_PLOT 4_23429 NO WWHRS_2026-04-13_10-44-40 Studies and Reports · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COMBINEDREPORT_PLOT 3_23429 NO WWHRS_2026-04-13_10-44-40 Studies and Reports · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COMBINEDREPORT_PLOT 2_23429 NO WWHRS_2026-04-13_10-44-40 Studies and Reports · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COMBINEDREPORT_PLOT 1_23429 NO WWHRS_2026-04-13_10-44-40 Studies and Reports · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COMBINEDREPORT_PLOT 6_23429 NO WWHRS_2026-04-13_10-44-41 Studies and Reports · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSAL_SANDOWN_NURSERIES_SANDOWN_ROAD Studies and Reports · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 4

Site constraints 5

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
National infrastructure project about 240 m away: Norwich to Tilbury
The site is about 240 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, examination closed, recommendation due. Also within 2 km: Lower Thames Crossing (decided, about 261 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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.

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Important details

Council
Thurrock
Application type
Condition Clearance
Postcode
RM16 3DD
Received
13 Apr 2026
Validated
15 Apr 2026
Ward
OLD Orsett
Case officer
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Target decision
10 Jun 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
11 May 2026
Decision level
Chief Planning Officer Decision
Applicant
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Agent
BDA Architecture

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
10 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

12 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Sandown Nurseries Sandown Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DD
Residential Development Comprising six two-bedroomed bungalows with Associated Access, Am…
24/01077/FUL
2025 Approved
Paddockwood Sandown Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DD
Demolish garage and side extension and erect part single part two storey side and rear ex…
25/00177/HHA
2019 Approved
Sandown Nurseries Sandown Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DD
Retrospective variation of condition 12 (approved plans) referred to in the original plan…
19/00434/CV
2022 Approved
St Margaret Sandown Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DD
Two-storey side, single-storey rear extension
22/01555/HHA
2022
Sandown Nurseries Sandown Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DD
Residential development comprised of 7No. 2-bedroom bungalows with associated access, ame…
22/01685/FUL
2021 Approved
The Finches Sandown Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DD
Dormer window added to the bathroom in second floor/roof area.
21/01080/HHA
2021 Approved
Selby House Sandown Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DD
Front canopy, single storey rear and side extension
21/00557/HHA
2021 Approved
Churston Sandown Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DD
Single storey front, side and rear extension and outbuilding to rear
21/00053/HHA
2020 Approved
Churston Sandown Road Orsett RM16 3DD
Single storey side & rear extension. Construction of single storey outbuilding to back of…
20/00758/HHA
2017 Approved
Selby House Sandown Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DD
Demolition of existing Front canopy, side extension,carport and rear garage, erection of…
17/01459/HHA
2016 Approved
Sandown Nurseries Sandown Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DD
Variation of condition 12 [Number of plans] from approved application 14/01380/REM
16/00833/CV
2016 Approved
Sandown Nurseries Sandown Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DD
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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.

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings