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26/00113/CONDC - Condition Clearance Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Application for the approval of details reserved by condition No (condition 14) Redivac Layout Plan and Drainage Strategy (condition 13) of planning permission ref: (Residential Development Comprising six two-bedroomed bungalows with Associated Access, Amenity and Parking) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Feb 2026
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Validated
5 Feb 2026
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Approved
8 Apr 2026

Approved on 8 Apr 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 25 Jul 2026

Documents 5

Statements & assessments 1

PDF DETAILED DRAINAGE DESIGN Studies and Reports · 2 Feb 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF SITE PLAN Current Plan · 2 Feb 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 2 Feb 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF ACCEPTANCE LETTER Other · 2 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF SANDOWN DOC Studies and Reports · 2 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 5

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
National infrastructure project about 240 m away: Norwich to Tilbury
The site is about 240 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, examination closed, recommendation due. Also within 2 km: Lower Thames Crossing (decided, about 261 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 ↗
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
Radon affected area, class 2.
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
Condition Clearance
Received
2 Feb 2026
Validated
5 Feb 2026
Ward
OLD Orsett
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Apr 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
8 Apr 2026
Decision level
Chief Planning Officer Decision
Applicant
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Agent
BDA Architecture

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
2 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Apr 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings