Jofrema , Montefiore Avenue, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 9QU Data via plota.co.uk

26/00003/LDC - Lawful Development Certificate Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed single-storey rear extension (approved under the Larger Home Extension prior approval process), a single-storey side extension, and roof alterations to form a loft conversion with a rear dormer. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Jan 2026
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Approved
22 Apr 2026

Approved on 22 Apr 2026 · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 2

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) agrees.
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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
Lawful Development Certificate
Postcode
SS6 9QU
Received
5 Jan 2026
Validated
5 Jan 2026
Ward
Downhall And Rawreth Rochford District Council -
Parish
Rayleigh Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Mar 2026
Decision
Grant Lawful Development Certificate
Decision date
22 Apr 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 107 days from validation, 50 days slower than Rochford's median of 57 for extensions. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

50%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
254decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP-14596914

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Householder Prior Approval for Single Storey Rear Extension. Projection 8.0m from Origina…
25/00862/DPDP1
2025 Approved
Application to remove condition 3 (restriction on construction of extensions/porches/gara…
25/00310/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved
Meadow Lodge, Montefiore Avenue, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 9QU
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed single storey rear extensio…
21/00065/LDC
Rochford
Planning Authority Score
3.2/10
Poor
#230 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings