Planning appeal decision
91A, Clarence Road , Grays , Essex, RM17 6RA
Planning appeal 3364094 at 91A, Clarence Road , Grays , Essex, RM17 6RA (Thurrock Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 September 2025 by Inspector Poole S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether an application under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 may be used to obtain a new permission that would require a variation to the operative part of the planning permission, namely the description of the development.
Conversion of existing property into x2, 2 bed dwellings and erection of a two storey rear extension” without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 23/00523/FUL, dated 23 June 2023
- Authority
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Poole S
- Postcode
- RM17 6RA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether an application under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 may be used to obtain a new permission that would require a variation to the operative part of the planning permission, namely the description of the development
What decided it
The proposed development, comprising roof level additions and a larger dwelling, would be in clear conflict with the description of development approved in June 2023, placing the variation beyond the powers of section 73.
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