44 Rookery View Grays Essex RM17 6AU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from a single dwelling house (use class C3) to a small children's residential home (use class C2) providing care and accommodation for a maximum of two young people with 24 hour staff support. No external or internal alterations are proposed… Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 8 Jun 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Documents 18
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 7
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 5
Other documents 1
Associated applications 2
Site constraints 6
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £363,000 in May 2021. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2024, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Thurrock
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Postcode
- RM17 6AU
- Received
- 10 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 30 Mar 2026
- Ward
- OLD Little Thurrock Rectory
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 25 May 2026
- Decision
- Approved
- Decision date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Chief Planning Officer Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 70 days from validation, 14 days slower than Thurrock's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 82% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Thurrock in the last twelve months, from validation. Thurrock decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 14 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 25 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
15 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Thurrock is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #25 out of 296. Thurrock is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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