Development Committee

The Development Committee will determine an application for 29 flats in Rochford on the 18th November with 11 being ‘affordable’. The application is to DEMOLISH EXISTING BUILDING AND ERECT PART TWO AND THREE STOREY BUILDING COMPRISING RETAIL/RESTAURANT UNITS AT GROUND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH SELF-CONTAINED FLATS ABOVE (29 FLATS) TOINCLUDE A […]

Coming up at the next development committee meeting (26th October 2021) is a planning application for a containerised battery storage facility. 21/00522/FULLAND NORTH OF NATIONAL GRID, LONDON ROAD, RAWRETHCONTAINERISED BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING ACCESSTRACK AND BOUNDARY TREATMENT, ALTER EXISTING VEHICULAR ACCESS ONTO A129 Chris Stanley has called […]

The application for 662 dwellings in Ashingdon, has tonight, been refused a meeting of the development committee. 20/00363/OUTLAND EAST OF ASHINGDON ROAD AND NORTH OF ROCHFORD GARDEN WAY, ROCHFORD OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF NOS. 148 AND 150 ASHINGDON ROAD, REMOVAL OF HIGHWAYTREE AND FORM ACCESS ONTO ASHINGDON ROAD, […]

On Tuesday night, the application by Countryside Properties to increase the density of housing on the site to allow up to an additional 222 dwellings, was put before the development committee. This application seeks to increase the number of dwellings by up to 222 compared to the 500 originally approved […]

The application for 410 dwellings, 20/00940/OUT – Land North of London Road and West of Rawreth Industrial Estate, Rawreth Lane, Rayleigh, has been withdrawn by the applicant. As yet we do not know the reasons why but will endeavour to find out more information.

The application for the 600+ homes in Ashingdon (SER8) will be coming back to the development committee sometime in the future after it was deferred at the last meeting. Councillors have now received some legal guidance on the matters (which is secret) and will have to consider that at the […]

20/00363/OUT – Land East of Ashingdon Road and North of Rochford Garden Way, Rochford Last Thursday, Rochford District Council voted to defer the application for 662 homes which had been put forward by Bloor Homes. Both non members and members of Rochford District attended the meeting with all three Downhall […]

The application for 24 apartments and 2 commercial units on the former Dairy Crest site was approved last night by a committee decision of 7 (for) & 6 (against) Councillors in favour of the development were Lesley Butcher (C) Daniel Efdes (C) Julie Gooding (C) David Merrick (C) Arthur Williams […]

This week the Council moved into new territory with the Development Committee taking place via the Zoom platform. Residents could watch the broadcast of the meeting via YouTube (you can watch the recording here) 19/01184/REM – Land North of London Road, Rayleigh (APPROVED) To consider a Reserved Matters application (including […]

Love is in the fresh air for Hambro Close residents today, after Cllrs Craig Cannell and Chris Stanley shot a cupid’s arrow straight through the heart of Rochford District Councils planners, when they moved to refuse an application to develop council land. The application that Rochford District Council were hoping […]

Guest blog post by Stephen Tellis, Rayleigh & Wickford Lib Dem Chair Well Christmas is well and truly over and the planners at RDC are kicking off the year with an almost comedic report which recommends APPROVAL for 35 flats on the old Dairy Crest site in the heart of […]