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26 Birch Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6XD

26/00412/CLEUDCertificate Lawful Exisiting Use Devel'tRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 21 July 2026

Council decision: Permission Refused

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

(Retrospective) Outbuilding to rear

Received
14 April 2026
Ward
OLD Ockendon
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at 26 Birch Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6XD. Thurrock has handled 275 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Thurrock's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across OLD Ockendon. We hold 150 applications in total for the RM15 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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Application details

Postcode
RM15 6XD
Application type
Certificate Lawful Exisiting Use Devel't
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2026
Target decision date
9 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Collins & Coward
Agent address
22 Post Office Road Broomfield Chelmsford CM1 7AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    31 Jul

    Retention of outbuilding

    RefusedHouseholder26/00888/HHA

Source: Thurrock

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