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26/00256/TECON - Technical details consent Refused

Proposal

Technical Details Consent following from Permission in Principle () for a residential development of 8 dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
5 Mar 2026
✓
Validated
9 Mar 2026
✗
Refused
5 May 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 5 May 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 1 Aug 2026

Documents 25

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 166 m away: Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 1693 m away: Lower Thames Crossing; Inside the Grays built-up area; Priority habitat about 43 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Not green belt · 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
Technical details consent
Received
5 Mar 2026
Validated
9 Mar 2026
Ward
OLD Grays Riverside
Case officer
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Target decision
4 May 2026
Decision
Permission Refused
Decision date
5 May 2026
Decision level
Chief Planning Officer Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 57 days from validation, about the council's usual 57 days. Refused, as 30% of new homes here are.

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 →

Public comments

8comments received
8 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 75%

28 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
13 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
4 May 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