A G Young & Son Curtis Farm High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00829/FUL - Full Planning Permission Application Approved

Proposal

Demolition of 1 no. existing commercial building and replacement with 1 no. new commercial building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Jul 2026
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Validated
23 Jul 2026
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Approved
15 Sept 2026

Approved on 15 Sept 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

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 ↗
Fobbing conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Weatherboarded Granary at Curtis's Farm, Grade II, about 40 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 7 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Greater Thames Marshes; SSSI about 307 m away: Vange & Fobbing Marshes SSSI; Inside the Fobbing built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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 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
Full Planning Permission Application
Postcode
SS17 9JJ
Received
17 Jul 2026
Validated
23 Jul 2026
Ward
Corringham And Fobbing
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Sept 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
15 Sept 2026
Decision level
Chief Planning Officer Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Whirledge & Nott

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 34 days faster than Thurrock's median of 88 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 86% of commercial and major works here are.

36%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
33decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Thurrock in the last twelve months, from validation. Thurrock decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

60 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
3 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
13 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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