Riverside Primary School, Ferry Road, Hullbridge, Essex, SS5 6ND Data via plota.co.uk

26/00395/FUL - Full Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Construct a single storey building housing a classroom for early years education. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 May 2026
✓
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Decision
Target date was 1 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 19 Oct 2026; it is now day 104.

The consultation period closed on 6 Aug 2026.

Site constraints 5

Special protection area about 127 m away: Kendall Park
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI about 228 m away: The Cliff, Burnham-on-Crouch SSSI; Inside the Hullbridge built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 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
Full Application
Postcode
SS5 6ND
Received
26 May 2026
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Ward
Hullbridge Rochford District Council -
Parish
Hullbridge Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
1 Sept 2026
Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 104, past the statutory target. 79% of full applications in Rochford are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 18 Oct 2026.

Day 10448 days past the 56-day target
50%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
338decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP-14962161
Comments by
6 Aug 2026
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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.