48 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TT Data via plota.co.uk

26/00339/HHA - Householder Application Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Single storey rear extension, enlargement of ground floor W.C. window & side access into proposed utility room. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Mar 2026
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Validated
26 Mar 2026
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Approved
21 May 2026

Approved on 21 May 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 21 May 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF FLOOD RISK STATEMENT Studies and Reports · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK FORM Studies and Reports · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 5

PDF PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS Current Plan · 21 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS Current Plan · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS Superseded Plan · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS Superseded Plan · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF LOCATION AND PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN Current Plan · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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 ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
National infrastructure project about 130 m away: Lower Thames Crossing
The site is about 130 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 1018 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
Inside the Bulphan built-up area; Priority habitat about 12 m away: Traditional orchard; 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, the Planning Inspectorate 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 2

Last sold for £580,000 in February 2025. Semi-detached house, freehold.

19 February 2025£580,000
6 February 1998£128,000

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

Building

Floor area132 m² (1,421 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (61 out of 100), could reach C
PropertySemi-detached house, 6 habitable rooms
Built1950 to 1966
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2017, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Thurrock
Application type
Householder Application
Postcode
RM14 3TT
Received
25 Mar 2026
Validated
26 Mar 2026
Ward
OLD Orsett
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 May 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
21 May 2026
Decision level
Chief Planning Officer Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Kirkwood The Extension Planning Company

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 87% of extensions here are.

76%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
450decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
1 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
21 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
68 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TT
Single garage over existing concrete hardstanding
25/00806/HHA
2021 Approved
63 Church Lane Bulphan Upminster Essex RM14 3TR
Demolition of existing single storey rear extension and erection of new single storey rea…
21/02005/HHA
2021 Approved
63 Church Lane Bulphan Upminster Essex RM14 3TR
Hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer, two front rooflight, addition of side wind…
21/02006/CLOPUD
2021 Approved
40 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TT
Garage conversion with pitched roof and changes to the front porch
21/00872/HHA
2020 Approved
62 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TT
Part single part two storey rear extension with one Juliet balcony
20/00926/HHA
2016 Approved
Five Acres 66 Church Lane Bulphan RM14 3TT
Demolition of a larger residential outbuilding and replacement with a residential annexe.
16/01481/FUL
2016
Five Acres 66 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TT
Use of the entire land edged in red on location plan as residential curtilage.
16/01465/CLEUD
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.