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50 Chestnut Close, Hockley, Essex, SS5 5EQ

24/00845/LDCLawful Development CertificateApproved

Approved on 25 February 2025

Council decision: Grant Lawful Development CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed hip to gable extension, replace existing flat roofed rear dormer with larger flat roofed rear dormer

Received
28 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hockley And Ashingdon
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 50 Chestnut Close, Hockley, Essex, SS5 5EQ. Rochford has handled 190 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Rochford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Hockley And Ashingdon. We hold 96 applications in total for the SS5 postcode area.

94% of amendment applications at Rochford District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SS5 5EQ
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ashingdon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2024
Target decision date
23 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Barker Woodrow Ltd, Spa House, 69 Southend Road, Hockley, SS5 4PZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13590803
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Rochford

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