246A Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 3AP Data via plota.co.uk

26/00363/PIP - Permission in Principal Approved

Proposal

Permission in Principle for up to 4 no. dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 09:18

Application progress

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Received

31 Mar 2026

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Validated

23 Apr 2026

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Approved

18 Jun 2026

Approved on 18 Jun 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 25 Jul 2026

Documents 6

Site constraints 2

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.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, 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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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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Important details

Council: Thurrock
Application type: Permission in Principal
Postcode: RM16 3AP
Received: 31 Mar 2026
Validated: 23 Apr 2026
Ward: OLD Chadwell St Mary
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 28 May 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 18 Jun 2026
Decision level: Chief Planning Officer Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 59 days. Approved, as 76% of new homes here are.

This one56d

Council59d

UK56d

45%decided within 8 weeks

76%approved

12%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 19 May 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

5 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2018 Refused

Two storey side and rear extension.

18/01390/HHA 20 Nov 2018

2018 Approved

Rear extension with a depth of 8 metres from the original rear wall of the property, with…

18/00760/PHA 25 Jul 2018

2017 Approved

Proposed single storey side extension and single storey rear extension.

17/01045/CLOPUD 29 Sep 2017

2016 Approved

Caretakers Dwelling falling within Use Class C3

16/00886/CLEUD 7 Mar 2017

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025

Whittakers Nursery Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex

Application under Section 17 of the Land Compensation Act 1961 in respect of its ownershi…

25/01188/CAAD 3 Oct 2025

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

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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