Hollycrest Mill Lane Orsett Essex RM16 3JP Data via plota.co.uk

26/00513/CAAD - Cert of Approriate Alt Development Approved

Proposal

The erection of a single dwelling (Use Class C3 in the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes Order 1987 as amended) and garages ancillary to the occupation of the dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 09:18

Application progress

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Received

7 May 2026

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Validated

14 May 2026

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Approved

8 Jul 2026

Approved on 8 Jul 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 26 Jul 2026

Documents

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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 ↗

National infrastructure project about 86 m away: Lower Thames Crossing

The site is about 86 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 1082 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.

Scheduled monument about 135 m away: Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street.

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat about 5 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Inside the Orsett built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3

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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £915,000 in April 2013. Detached house, freehold.

26 April 2013£915,000

10 October 1997£380,000

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

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Important details

Council: Thurrock
Application type: Cert of Approriate Alt Development
Postcode: RM16 3JP
Received: 7 May 2026
Validated: 14 May 2026
Ward: Orsett Horndon And Bulphan
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Jul 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 8 Jul 2026
Decision level: Chief Planning Officer Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: FRICS IRRV Chartered Surveyor

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 57 days. Approved, as 70% of new homes here are.

This one55d

Council57d

UK57d

47%decided within 8 weeks

70%approved

9%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 9 Jul 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Refused

Mill House Mill Lane Orsett Essex RM16 3JP

Use of former residential annexe as stand-alone dwelling

17/00697/FUL 25 Jul 2017

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