BP Orsett Cock Petrol Station Eastbound Orsett Cock Roundabout To Stanford Interchange Eastbound Orsett Essex RM16 3AY Data via plota.co.uk

26/00461/FUL - Full Planning Permission Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Installation of 6no EV parking bays, 3no EV chargers and associated electrical infrastructure (including substation, LV feeder pillar enclosed within timber fence, LMS cabinet and metering cabinet) within existing BP fuel station. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 12:41

Application progress

✓

Received

29 Apr 2026

✓

Validated

30 Apr 2026

Decision

Expected by 25 Jun 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 30 Sept 2026; it is now day 162.

The consultation period closed on 30 Sept 2026.

Documents 29

Statements & assessments 5

PDF ECOLOGY Consultee Comment · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF BP ORSETT NORTH - TRANSPORT STATEMENT Studies and Reports · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG METRIC - DECEMBER 2025 Studies and Reports · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG REPORT - DECEMBER 2025 Studies and Reports · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT BP ORSETT NORTH Studies and Reports · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 17

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF TC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ENV HEALTH Consultee Comment · 28 May 2026 View ↗ PDF TC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 20 May 2026 View ↗

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.

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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 49 m away: Lower Thames Crossing

The site is about 49 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Norwich to Tilbury (examination closed, recommendation due, about 267 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: Full Planning Permission Application
Postcode: RM16 3AY
Received: 29 Apr 2026
Validated: 30 Apr 2026
Ward: OLD Orsett
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 25 Jun 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Smith Design Associates

Decision outlook

Day 162, past the statutory target. 82% of commercial premises in Thurrock are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 162106 days past the 56-day target

57%decided within 8 weeks

89%approved

109decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received

1 neutral

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 30 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 25 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved

Sigma Studies Ltd Sigma House Orsett Cock Roundabout To Stanford Interchange Eastbound Orsett Essex RM16 3AY

Amendment to the layout and extension of a car parking area to provide an additional 42 c…

20/00138/FUL 12 Jun 2020

2019 Withdrawn

Sigma Studies Ltd Sigma House Orsett Cock Roundabout To Stanford Interchange Eastbound Orsett Essex RM16 3AY

5Amendment to the existing layout and extension of a car parking area to provide an addit…

19/01310/TBC 2 Dec 2019

2019 Approved

A13 Widening A128 Orsett Cock To A1014 The Manorway Stanford Le Hope Essex

Application for prior approval pursuant to Schedule 2, Part 18, Class A of the Town and C…

19/00509/PORTPR 30 May 2019

2017 Approved

Sigma Studies Ltd Sigma House Orsett Cock Roundabout To Stanford Interchange Eastbound Orsett Essex RM16 3AY

Discharge of conditions 4 [Parking Layout] and 5 [Refuse] from approved planning applicat…

17/00289/CONDC 25 Apr 2017

2016 Approved

Sigma Studies Ltd Sigma House Stanford Bypass Orsett Essex RM16 3AY

Proposed permanent use of Sigma House for a transport training centre.

16/01612/FUL 20 Jan 2017

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

BP Orsett Cock Petrol Station Eastbound Orsett Cock Roundabout To Stanford Interchange Eastbound Orsett Essex RM16 3AY Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 29

Statements & assessments 5

Plans & drawings 17

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 3

Other documents 3

Site constraints 5

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Important details

Decision outlook

Public comments

Consultation & key dates

Nearby activity