42 - 46 Eastwood Road, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 7JQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00348/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Division of the ground-floor commercial unit (Use Class E ) into two separate units within Use Class E, including installation of a new shopfront and a side fire access door. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
4 May 2026
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Approved
29 Jun 2026

Approved on 29 Jun 2026 · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

Air quality management area: Rayleigh AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Conservation area about 62 m away: Rayleigh CA; 2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Rayleigh built-up area.
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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £500,000 in February 2022. Other property, freehold.

17 July 2024£1,000Leasehold. A nominal price
18 February 2022£500,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Council
Rochford
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
SS6 7JQ
Received
4 May 2026
Validated
4 May 2026
Ward
Wheatley Rochford District Council -
Parish
Rayleigh Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Jun 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
29 Jun 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 89% of full applications here are.

51%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
219decided 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-14899380
Comments by
17 Jun 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

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