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Land South Side Of Southend Road And West Of, Star Lane, Great Wakering, Essex,

Awaiting decision Rochford 26/00103/EIA Environmental Impact Assessment (RDC)

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Proposal

Scoping Opinion request pursuant to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (Regulation 15) (as updated) to confirm the scope and level of detail of information to be provided in an Environmental Statement in relation to a planning application for the development of 'Garon East and Bakers Gate' (the 'Site'). Outline application for up to 3,000 residential units, land for local centre use (Use Class E / F2), land for educational use (Use Class F1) with associated accesses, open space and infrastructure.

As published by the council, reference 26/00103/EIA

Application record

Reference
26/00103/EIA
Type
Environmental Impact Assessment (RDC)
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
9 Feb 2026
Validated
9 Feb 2026
Ward
Foulness And The Wakerings
Parish
Great Wakering Parish Council

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Feb 2026

    Received by Rochford

  2. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 6 April 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Rochford took a median of 64 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

9 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Rochford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Rochford's median decision took 64 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

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