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Newhall Nursery, Lower Road, Hockley, Essex, SS5 5JU

26/00609/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 22 September 2026

Council decision: Refuse

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed Change of Use of Warehouse to Farm Shop, Cafeteria & Public Toilet Facilities and Cold Room Extensions. Demolition of Sheds and Enclosed Compound. Solar Panel Canopy to Cafeteria.

Received
18 August 2026
Ward
Ashton-under-Lyne St Michaels
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.23 Nov
  4. Target11 Jan
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Newhall Nursery, Lower Road, Hockley, Essex, SS5 5JU. Rochford has handled 90 applications of this type. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Hockley And Ashingdon. We hold 99 applications in total for the SS5 postcode area.

92% of full 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 5JU
Application type
Full Application
Parish
Ashton-under-lyne

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2026
Consultation end
23 November 2026
Target decision date
11 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Mistry Design, 28 Wood End Gardens, Northolt, UB54QJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Ms Julie Ramsey - planning.applications@rochford.gov.uk

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Rochford
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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