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26/00681/CV - Condition Removal/Variation Approved

Proposal

Application for the variation of conditions 9 (ecological management plan) and 11 (written scheme of investigation archaeology) of planning permission ref: APP/, Thurrock Borough Council ref: , (Installation of renewable-led energy generation station comprising ground-mounted photovoltaic solar arrays and battery-based electricity storage containers together with substation, inverter/transformers stations, site access, internal access tracks, security measures, access gates, other ancillary infrastructure, grid connection cable, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements) to facilitate the creation of the approved site access off High Road Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 02:52

Application progress

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Received

19 Jun 2026

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Validated

16 Jul 2026

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Approved

30 Sept 2026

Approved on 30 Sept 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents 24

Site constraints 4

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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Greater Thames Marshes.

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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Land South Of Marsh Farm Marsh Lane Fobbing Essex

Application for the approval of details reserved by condition no.s 5 (revised co...

26/01118/CONDC

Important details

Council: Thurrock
Application type: Condition Removal/Variation
Received: 19 Jun 2026
Validated: 16 Jul 2026
Ward: Corringham And Fobbing
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 5 Nov 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 30 Sept 2026
Decision level: Chief Planning Officer Decision
Agent: Enso Energy Limited,

Public comments

6comments received

5 objecting1 neutral

83% object · above the UK average of 74%

262 neighbours consulted · Last counted 5 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 3 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 30 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 5 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: Yes

Thurrock

Planning Authority Score

6/10

Average

#104 of 296 councils

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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.

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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

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Proposal

Application progress

Documents 24

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 7

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 7

Other documents 5

Site constraints 4

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