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166 Hathaway Road Grays Essex RM17 5LJ

25/01199/PHAPHA Prior Approval Process GPDORefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 5 December 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Rear extension with a depth of 6 metres from the original rear wall of the property, with a maximum height of 3.9 metres and eaves height of 3.9 metres.

Received
6 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Grays Thurrock
Agent
Geomatrix Projects Limited
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target30 Nov
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a rear extension at 166 Hathaway Road Grays Essex RM17 5LJ. Thurrock has handled 275 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Thurrock's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Grays Thurrock. 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

  1. Due to the presence of several large existing outbuildings on the site, insufficient information has been submitted to enable the Council to confirm compliance with the criteria set out in Class A.1(b) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) order 2015 (as amended).
  2. The proposed rear extension would have an eaves height of 3.9m 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).
  3. The proposal fails to comply with Condition A.3 (a) of Class A, Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended), as no confirmation received with the application that the materials used in any exterior work would match closely the existing and as such additional planning permission would be required for the overall development.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RM17 5LJ
Application type
PHA Prior Approval Process GPDO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2025
Consultation expiry
4 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 December 2025
Target decision date
30 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Geomatrix Projects Limited
Agent address
Geomatrix Projects Limited, 104 New Cross Road, London, SE14 5BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

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 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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