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Heath Farm Farm Lane Grays Essex

26/00028/OUTOutline Planning Permission ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 22 April 2026

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Outline application for the erection of 5no. dwellings with all matters reserved.

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Little Thurrock Blackshots
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Heath Farm Farm Lane Grays Essex. Thurrock has handled 275 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 6 weeks longer than Thurrock's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Little Thurrock Blackshots.

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. The proposed development would, by reason of its scale, siting, amount of built form and use result in inappropriate development in the Green Belt which is, by definition, harmful. It is also considered that the proposals would harm the openness of the Green Belt and the identified harm to the Green Belt is not clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the Very Special Circumstances required to justify the inappropriate development. The proposal is therefore contrary to policies CSSP4 and PMD6 of the adopted Thurrock Local Development Framework Core Strategy and Policies for the Management of Development (2015) and the objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Outline Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Consultation expiry
9 March 2026
Consultation end
26 February 2026
Target decision date
19 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lyondale
Architect profile
LYONDALE LTD
Agent address
Crown House Home Gardens Dartford DA1 1DZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
5 March 2026
Site notice end
9 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Thurrock
  • 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 (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.

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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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Source: Thurrock

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