3 Home Farm Close, Great Wakering, Essex, SS3 0DL Data via plota.co.uk

26/00556/LDC - Lawful Development Certificate Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed garage conversion and new openings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Jul 2026
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Approved
11 Aug 2026

Approved on 11 Aug 2026 · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 10

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 ↗
Southend to Wallasea Island across the site
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Public footpath about 19 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
Conservation area about 42 m away: Great Wakering CA; Nature improvement area: Greater Thames Marshes; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Green belt about 10 m away: London; Inside the Great Wakering built-up area; Open access land about 35 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £790,000 in July 2024. Detached house, freehold.

12 July 2024£790,000
6 June 2000£245,000
16 June 1998£200,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area192 m² (2,067 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (71 out of 100), could reach A
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
Built1983 to 1990
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2023, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Rochford
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Postcode
SS3 0DL
Received
31 Jul 2026
Validated
31 Jul 2026
Ward
Foulness And The Wakerings Rochford District Council -
Parish
Great Wakering Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Sept 2026
Decision
Grant Lawful Development Certificate
Decision date
11 Aug 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 11 days from validation, 46 days faster than Rochford's median of 57 for extensions. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

50%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
254decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP-15084015

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Single storey rear and side extension
25/00026/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
4 Home Farm Close, Great Wakering, Essex, SS3 0DL
Rear single storey extension following demolition of existing conservatory.
22/00900/FUL
2022 Approved
4 Home Farm Close, Great Wakering, Essex, SS3 0DL
Rear single storey extension following demolition of existing conservatory.
22/00900/FUL
2022 Approved
6 Havering Close, Great Wakering, Essex, SS3 0AF
Householder Prior Approval for Single Storey Rear Extension. Projection 6.7m from Origina…
22/00457/DPDP1
2022 Approved
6 Havering Close, Great Wakering, Essex, SS3 0AF
Householder Prior Approval for Single Storey Rear Extension. Projection 6.7m from Origina…
22/00457/DPDP1
2020
Waters Edge , Common Road, Great Wakering, SS3 0AG
T1 - WalnutFell tree and replace with a suitable heavy standard farther from the property…
20/00865/TPO
2020
Waters Edge , Common Road, Great Wakering, SS3 0AG
T1 - WalnutFell tree and replace with a suitable heavy standard farther from the property…
20/00865/TPO
2019
5 Home Farm Close, Great Wakering, SS3 0DL
Quercus(oak)- Crown reduce by approx 2 metres and shape, Crown thin by 20%, Crown clean t…
19/00189/TPO
2016 Refused
Cottawight , Common Road, Great Wakering, SS3 0AG
Application For A Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Gym Outbuilding To Rear O…
16/00613/LDC
2016
5 Home Farm Close, Great Wakering, Essex, SS3 0DL
TPO 11/87 T1 Oak (applicant's ref: T1): Reduce to previous cuts and remove epicormic and…
16/00094/TPO
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.