St John The Baptist Church Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex Data via plota.co.uk

26/00326/CONDC - Condition Clearance Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Application for the approval of details reserved by condition no. 20 (Rooflights) and 21 (Materials) of planning permission ref (Listed building consent for the conversion of nave and south aisle of church to a self-contained dwelling and use of the Chancel & south chapel for purposes (not residential) ancillary to the main dwelling within the church (such as workshop or studio space) with a separate dwelling in the tower, with associated access to the building, internal and external works including new openings in North and South elevations) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Mar 2026
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Approved
14 Apr 2026

Approved on 14 Apr 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 14 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF TC LISTED BUILDINGS/CONSERVATION Consultee Comment · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND Consultee Comment · 9 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF CONDITION 20 DRAFT Studies and Reports · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF CONDITION 21 SCHEDULE OF EXTERNAL MATERIALS FINAL Studies and Reports · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 8

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.
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Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; National infrastructure project about 1109 m away: Norwich to Tilbury; Radon affected area, class 2; Nature improvement area: Greater Thames Marshes; Priority habitat about 3 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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
SS17 0RN
Received
23 Mar 2026
Validated
23 Mar 2026
Ward
OLD Stanford Le Hope West
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 May 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
14 Apr 2026
Decision level
Chief Planning Officer Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Engineroom

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
14 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
18 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Refused
Internal and external works to listed building to facilitate: Conversion of the Tower to…
21/01067/LBC
2019 Refused
Alterations to the building and conversion of the whole building into three self-containe…
19/00689/LBC
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
The Old Rectory Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0RN
Construction of two detached chalet-style bungalows with associated access, parking, and…
25/01010/FUL
2020 Refused
DHL Supply Chain The Old Rectory Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0RN
Outline application for 9 dwellings, new crossover and associated parking with all matter…
20/00767/OUT
2019 Approved
The Old Rectory Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0RN
Change of use from C3 residential to B1 offices and conversion of existing outbuilding to…
19/00641/FUL
2019 Approved
The Old Rectory Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope SS17 0RN
Change of use from C3 residential to B1 offices and conversion of existing outbuilding to…
19/00642/LBC
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings