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26/00026/TBC - Thurrock Council Development Approved

Proposal

Erection of three 3-bed and two 4-bed houses with associated car parking spaces, private amenity space,, cycle parking space, refuse/recycling facilities and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jan 2026
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Validated
13 Jan 2026
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Committee
10 Mar 2026
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Approved
13 Mar 2026

Approved on 13 Mar 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 25 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Thurrock Planning Committee on 10 Mar 2026.

Approved by 7 votes to 0

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the scheme would provide affordable housing on a sustainable site and its impacts could be controlled by conditions.
  • A resident raised concerns that the design, scale and height would be out of keeping with the area.
  • The committee voted unanimously to approve the recommendation, supporting the need for good homes for people in Thurrock.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, public comments, committee discussion, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Thurrock's committee minutes of 10 Mar 2026.

Documents 43

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

Also on the record
Inside the Stanford-le-Hope built-up area; Green belt about 22 m away: London.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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
Thurrock Council Development
Postcode
SS17 7HP
Received
8 Jan 2026
Validated
13 Jan 2026
Ward
OLD Stanford East And Corringham
Case officer
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Target decision
10 Mar 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
13 Mar 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Owen Phillips

How this decision compares

Decided in 59 days from validation, about the council's usual 57 days. Approved, as 70% of new homes here are.

47%decided within 8 weeks
70%approved
9%go to committee

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Thurrock in the last twelve months, from validation. Thurrock decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
12 Feb 2026
Committee
10 Mar 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