63 Grovelands Way Grays Essex RM17 5YQ
Refused on 14 November 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Rear extension with a depth of 6.00 metres from the original rear wall of the property, with a maximum height of 3.30 metres and eaves height of 3.15 metres.
- Received
- 6 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Thurrock Council
- Ward
- Grays Riverside
- ReceivedReceived6 Oct
- ValidatedValidated6 Oct
- Consult.Consultation30 Oct
- TargetTarget Date17 Nov
- DecidedDecided14 Nov
Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a rear extension at 63 Grovelands Way Grays Essex RM17 5YQ. Thurrock has handled 275 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Thurrock's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Grays Riverside. We hold 215 applications in total for the RM17 postcode area.
82% of outline applications at Thurrock Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Why it was refused
- The proposed rear extension would have an eaves height of 3.15m and would therefore exceed 3ms within 2ms on the boundary of the site, thus failing to comply with Class A.1 subsection i) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) order 2015 (as amended).
- The proposal fails to comply with subsection (k) (i) of section A.1 of Class A, Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended), as the enlarged part of the dwellinghouse would include raised platform exceeding a height of 0.3 metres and as such additional planning permission would be required for the overall development.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- RM17 5YQ
- Application type
- PHA Prior Approval Process GPDO
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 30 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 17 November 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site 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 and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
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.
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