Agricultural Buildings Land Adjacent Buckingham Hill Road And Stanford Road Stanford Le Hope Essex Data via plota.co.uk

26/00887/PAPNAF - Application for prior notification of Approved

Proposal

Prior Notification application for two agricultural storage buildings: General-purpose grain store Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Jul 2026
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Approved
28 Aug 2026

Approved on 28 Aug 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 29 Aug 2026

Site constraints 6

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: St Clere's Hall, Grade II*, about 5 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 1 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
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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National infrastructure project about 358 m away: Norwich to Tilbury
The site is about 358 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, examination closed, recommendation due. Also within 2 km: Lower Thames Crossing (decided, about 513 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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Stanford-le-Hope 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 · 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
Application for prior notification of
Postcode
SS17 0LX
Received
31 Jul 2026
Validated
31 Jul 2026
Ward
Orsett Horndon And Bulphan
Case officer
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Target decision
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Granted
Decision date
28 Aug 2026
Decision level
Chief Planning Officer Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 10 days faster than Thurrock's median of 38 for prior approvals. Approved, as 89% of prior approvals here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
116decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 29 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
1 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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