17 Button Road Grays Essex RM17 5HE Data via plota.co.uk

26/00335/TPO - Application for works on TPO Withdrawn

Proposal

T1 = To fell 1 X decayed Horse Chestnut tree as close to ground level as poossible. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
24 Mar 2026
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Withdrawn
22 May 2026

Withdrawn on 22 May 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 109 m away: Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 1426 m away: Lower Thames Crossing; Inside the Chafford Hundred built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 1

Last sold for £114,950 in November 1996. Detached house, freehold.

29 November 1996£114,950New build

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Thurrock
Application type
Application for works on TPO
Postcode
RM17 5HE
Received
24 Mar 2026
Validated
24 Mar 2026
Ward
OLD Grays Riverside
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 May 2026
Decision
Application Withdrawn
Decision date
22 May 2026
Decision level
Chief Planning Officer Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Keith Archers Tree Care Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
28 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
19 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
Thurrock
Planning Authority Score
6/10
Average
#104 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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.

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Thurrock decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #252 of 296
82%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #271 of 296
84%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #25 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #62 of 296
65%
Minor dwellings approved
74 decided (1-9 homes)
43%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
43 decided
671
Total decisions
124 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.