Amareta Café 53 River View Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Front extension with glazed panels and roof to provide a permanent outdoor seating area Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 17 Oct 2025 · Committee Decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Thurrock Planning Committee on 14 Oct 2025.
Approved by 5 votes to 2
Against officer advice: officers had recommended refusal.
- Officers advised refusal because the extension’s design and prominent siting would harm the street scene and shopping parade.
- There were no objections, and approximately 80 customers supported the application.
- The committee voted 5–2 to approve an alternative recommendation, citing no objections, economic benefits and improvements to the street scene.
Source: Plota analysis of Thurrock's committee minutes of 14 Oct 2025.
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 15 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £40,000 in July 2003. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 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
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Postcode
- RM16 4BJ
- Received
- 19 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 25 Jul 2025
- Ward
- OLD Chadwell St Mary
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 19 Sept 2025
- Decision
- Approved
- Decision date
- 17 Oct 2025
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- James Ware & Associates Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 84 days from validation, 22 days slower than Thurrock's median of 62 for full applications. Approved, as 82% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Thurrock in the last twelve months, from validation. Thurrock decision record →
Public comments
19 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 28 Aug 2025
- Committee
- 14 Oct 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 19 Sept 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
23 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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.
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.
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