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Sims Environmental And Recycling Services Ltd Burrows Farm Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TL

Refused Thurrock 23/01232/FUL Full Planning Permission Application

Works: Extension

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Retrospective application to regularise earth bund, change of use of land to expand yard area (infill of land that was previously part of the lake) and expansion of parking area to the eastern side of the site.

As published by the council, reference 23/01232/FUL

Application record

Reference
23/01232/FUL
Type
Full Planning Permission Application
Status
Refused
Decision
Permission Refused
Received
11 Oct 2023
Validated
11 Oct 2023
Decided
27 Sep 2024
Ward
OLD Orsett
Decision by
Chief Planning Officer Decision
Postcode
RM14 3TL

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Oct 2023

    Received by Thurrock

  2. 27 Sep 2024

    Decision issued: Permission Refused

  3. 19 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Wickford

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Documents

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

15 documents on file for this application

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What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About full applications applications

How this application type works

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.

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