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Telephone Exchange Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex

26/00760/PANTCPrior Approval applications forRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 26 August 2026

Council decision: Permission Refused

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The replacement of 17.5m monopole and the installation of a new 25m structure along with the installation of 3 No. antenna at 21.45m and 3 No. antenna at 23.5m as well as 12 No. RRU at 21.45m, with additional removal and installation works at a higher and lower level.

Received
2 July 2026
Ward
Ockendon
Agent
Pegasus Planning Group Ltd
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.27 Jul
  4. Target27 Aug
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Telephone Exchange Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex. Thurrock has handled 275 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across 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 5LN
Application type
Prior Approval applications for
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 July 2026
Consultation end
27 July 2026
Target decision date
27 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pegasus Planning Group Ltd
Agent address
First Floor, South Wing Equinox North, Great Park Road Almondsbury Bristol BS32 4QL GB
Applicant company

Vodafone Limited

Company number 01471587

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
7 Jan 1980 (46 years old)
Nature of business
Installation of industrial machinery and equipment; Other telecommunications activities
Registered office
Newbury

1 other planning application by this company in South West Devon.

  • 1802/26/PAT · South West Devon · Yealmpton Telephone Exchange Yealmbury Hill Yealmpton PL8 2JH
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13

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.

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: Thurrock

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