Amazon Unit 2 Tower Thurrock Oliver Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3ED Data via plota.co.uk

26/00255/FUL - Full Planning Permission Application Approved

Proposal

Site alterations comprising: addition of a canopy; new HGV dock doors and level access doors to the southern elevation; a modular welfare unit; additional louvres; and associated yard reconfiguration. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Mar 2026
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Validated
18 Mar 2026
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Approved
17 Jul 2026

Approved on 17 Jul 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 21 Jul 2026

Documents 52

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Associated applications 3

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI about 385 m away: West Thurrock Lagoon & Marshes SSSI; Inside the Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames built-up area.
Not affected
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 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.

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Important details

Council
Thurrock
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Postcode
RM20 3ED
Received
5 Mar 2026
Validated
18 Mar 2026
Ward
OLD West Thurrock And South Stifford
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 May 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
17 Jul 2026
Decision level
Chief Planning Officer Decision
Agent
DWD Property and Planning
Leaseholder
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How this decision compares

Decided in 121 days from validation, 33 days slower than Thurrock's median of 88 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 86% of commercial and major works here are.

36%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
33decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Thurrock in the last twelve months, from validation. Thurrock decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
29 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
13 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

Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.