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Gore Farm, Ballards Gore, Essex, SS4 2DA

26/00677/DPDP3MDetermination Under Class M (COUAgr)Refused
Prior approval

Refused

Council decision: Refuse Planning Permission

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed Change of Use of a Building(s) on Agricultural Units/former Agricultural Buildings to a Dwellinghouse (Class C3) pursuant to Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order (2015) as amended (resubmission following refusal of application ref: 25/00511/DPDP3M

Received
18 September 2026
Ward
Roche North And Rural
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target13 Nov
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Gore Farm, Ballards Gore, Essex, SS4 2DA. Rochford has handled 1 application of this type. It has been with the council since 18 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Roche North And Rural. We hold 121 applications in total for the SS4 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
SS4 2DA
Application type
Determination Under Class M (COUAgr)
Parish
Stambridge Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2026
Consultation end
11 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
5 Fountain Lane, Hockley, SS5 4ST

Planning decision

Decision
Refuse Planning Permission
Case officer
Mr Thomas Byford

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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