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25/00781/OUT - Outline Planning Permission Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Outline application (all matters reserved except for access) for residential development of 550 dwellings together with public open space and supporting on-site infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 22 Oct 2026, 17:07

Application progress

✓

Received

25 Jun 2025

✓

Validated

11 Jul 2025

Decision

Target date was 10 Oct 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 30 Sept 2026; it is now day 474.

The consultation period closed on 30 Sept 2026.

Documents 146

Statements & assessments 63

Plans & drawings 24

PDF ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SECTION Consultee Comment · 6 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE SECTIONS SOUTH SITE Current Plan · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE SECTIONS Current Plan · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE SECTIONS Current Plan · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF INDICATIVE PHASING PLAN Current Plan · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF PARAMETER PLAN Current Plan · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE C - PROPOSED SITE ACCESS ARRANGEMENT Current Plan · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE C - PROPOSED SITE ACCESS ARRANGEMENT - GHOST ISLAND Current Plan · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED CENTRAL PEDESTRIAN CROSSING Current Plan · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF SOUTH SIDE PEDESTRIAN/ CYCLIST ACCESS Current Plan · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF PESDESTRIAN/CYCLE/EMERGENCY ACCESS - LONGLANE Current Plan · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF POTENTIAL SITE B ACCESS ARRANGEMENT Current Plan · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF RED LINE BOUNDARY PLAN Current Plan · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCATION PLAN Current Plan · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PARAMETER PLAN Current Plan · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SITE ACCESS ARRANGEMENT PLAN Superseded Plan · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE C - PROPOSED GENERAL ACCESS ARRANGEMENT Superseded Plan · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED CENTRAL PEDESTRIAN CROSSING Superseded Plan · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PEDESTRIAN/CYCLE/EMERGENCY ACCESS Superseded Plan · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF POTENTIAL SITE B ACCESS ARRANGEMENT Superseded Plan · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF RED LINE BOUNDARY PLAN Superseded Plan · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE PLAN Superseded Plan · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF ITB16564-009D TRAVEL PLAN FIGURES DRAWINGS APPS Studies and Reports · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF ITB16564-009D TRAVEL PLAN TEXT Studies and Reports · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 30

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Comment · 4 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 4 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF ESSEX POLICE STRATEGIC PLANNING Consultee Comment · 31 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF ESSEX POLICE DESIGNING OUT CRIME Consultee Comment · 17 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF ESSEX CO. FIRE/RESCUE CONSULTATION GRAYS Consultee Comment · 15 Jul 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 3

National infrastructure project about 682 m away: Lower Thames Crossing

The site is about 682 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Norwich to Tilbury (examination closed, recommendation due, about 1076 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Grays built-up area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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.

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Important details

Council: Thurrock
Application type: Outline Planning Permission Application
Received: 25 Jun 2025
Validated: 11 Jul 2025
Ward: OLD Stifford Clays
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Oct 2025
Applicant: Show
Agent: Tor&Co

Decision outlook

Day 474, past the statutory target. 50% of outline applications in Thurrock are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 22 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 474383 days past the 91-day target

30%decided within 8 weeks

60%approved

30%go to committee

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

Public comments

21comments received

21 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

126 neighbours consulted · Last counted 22 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 30 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 10 Oct 2025
Env. assessment: No

Thurrock

Planning Authority Score

6/10

Average

#104 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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