Land Rear Of 387 To 411, Little Wakering Road, Barling Magna, Essex, Data via plota.co.uk

26/00617/OUT - Outline Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Outline application for up to 18 dwellings with all matters reserved except access to the site. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 03:08

Application progress

✓

Received

20 Aug 2026

✓

Validated

1 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 31 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 4 Dec 2026 and 1 Jan 2027, from Rochford's recent new homes.

The consultation period closed on 26 Oct 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 8

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 the sea. 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 ↗

Special area of conservation about 133 m away: Essex Estuaries

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

SSSI about 133 m away: Benfleet and Southend Marshes SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Greater Thames Marshes; Inside the Great Wakering built-up area; Green belt about 82 m away: London; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, 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: Rochford
Application type: Outline Application
Received: 20 Aug 2026
Validated: 1 Oct 2026
Ward: Roche South Rochford District Council -
Parish: Barling Magna Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 31 Dec 2026

Decision outlook

Day 28 of the 91-day target. Rochford usually decides new homes by day 83.

prediction

Day 2863 days to the 91-day target

28%decided within 8 weeks

59%approved

33decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Rochford in the last twelve months, from validation. Rochford decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref: PP-15093992
Comments by: 26 Oct 2026

Rochford

Planning Authority Score

3.2/10

Poor

#230 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

Rochford is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #221 out of 296. Rochford is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 81% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 81% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Rochford decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

79%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #265 of 296

81%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #275 of 296

53%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #221 of 296

36%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #112 of 296

62%

Minor dwellings approved

66 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

3 decided (10+ homes)

86%

Change of use approved

14 decided

472

Total decisions

98 refused in the year to March 2026