Sweyne Court, Hockley Road, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 8EB
Proposal
Demolition of the existing care home and development of a 67-bedroom care home (Use Class C2), with associated access, parking, plant, landscaping and site infrastructure.
- Received
- 25 August 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 November 2026
- Council
- Rochford District Council
- Ward
- Wheatley
- ReceivedSubmitted25 Aug
- ValidatedValidated25 Aug
- Consult.Consultation16 Oct
- TargetTarget Date24 Nov
- DecidedDecided
This is a planning application for demolition at Sweyne Court, Hockley Road, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 8EB. Rochford has handled 70 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. It was submitted on 25 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Wheatley. We hold 438 applications in total for the SS6 postcode area.
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Additional Information
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Planning constraints
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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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A listed building is on or next to this site.
- 11.4 miChelmsfordRTPI
- 11.5 miChelmsfordRTPI
- 11.5 miChelmsfordRTPI
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
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