Planning application
BP Orsett Cock Petrol Station Eastbound Orsett Cock Roundabout To Stanford Interchange Eastbound Orsett Essex RM16 3AY
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of 6no EV parking bays, 3no EV chargers and associated electrical infrastructure (including substation, LV feeder pillar enclosed within timber fence, LMS cabinet and metering cabinet) within existing BP fuel station.
As published by the council, reference 26/00461/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00461/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 29 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 30 Apr 2026
- Ward
- OLD Orsett
- Postcode
- RM16 3AY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Apr 2026
Received by Thurrock
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30 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 25 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Thurrock took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Smith Design Associates Agent, a design practice
Active · incorporated 1994
47 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 98% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
35 documents on file for this application
- SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS
- SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS
- TC HIGHWAYS
- ROAD SAFETY AUDIT
- DESIGNER?S RESPONSE SPREADSHEET
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- ECOLOGY
- TC HIGHWAYS
- ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SECTION.
- ENV HEALTH
- TC HIGHWAYS
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- G3225 P01 REV 1 - LOCATION PLAN
- G3225 P02 REV 1 - EXISTING SITE PLAN
- G3225 P03 REV 2 - PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- G3225 P04 REV 2 - PROPOSED EXTERNAL FINISHES
- G3225 P05 REV 2 - PROPOSED LINING
- G3225 P06 REV 2 - PROPOSED PROTECTION AND BOLLARDS
- G3225 P08 REV 2 - PROPOSED SIGNAGE
- G3225 P10 REV 2 - PROPOSED SITE ELEVATIONS
- G3225 P14 REV 2 - PROPOSED TIMBER ENCLOSURE
- G3225 P15 REV 2 - PROPOSED SUBSTATION
- G3225 P16 REV 2 - PROPOSED METERING CABINET
- G3225 P17 REV 2 - PROPOSED EV CHARGER
- G3225 P19 REV 2 - PROPOSED LMS CABINET
- BP ORSETT NORTH - TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- BNG METRIC - DECEMBER 2025
- BNG REPORT - DECEMBER 2025
- 2500A LV PILLAR GA
- HYC400_PRODUCT_DATA_SHEET_V1-1
- LMS CABINET
- PLAN VIEW ELEVATION
- TYPE E BOLLARD
- PLAN VIEW ELEVATION- ROADSIDE RANGE TYPE O
- PLANNING STATEMENT BP ORSETT NORTH
Trade members open them from here.
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