Bevan House And Morrison House Jesmond Road Grays Essex Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed demolition of 168 residential flats within Keir Hardie House, Bevan House and Morrison House (three 12-storey tower blocks), and 168 associated single-storey garages. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 13 Aug 2025 · Committee Decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Thurrock Planning Committee on 12 Aug 2025, in a recorded vote.
Approved by 9 votes to 0
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the demolition details and site restoration were acceptable.
- The Highway Authority and Environmental Health raised no objections subject to conditions, and no neighbour comments were received.
- The committee approved prior approval unanimously, with nine votes in favour and none against or abstaining.
Source: Plota analysis of Thurrock's committee minutes of 12 Aug 2025.
Documents 13
Statements & assessments 3
Plans & drawings 8
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 3
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
- Demolition Consent, Initial Submission
- Received
- 16 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 4 Jul 2025
- Ward
- OLD Little Thurrock Blackshots
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 1 Aug 2025
- Decision
- Prior Approval Granted
- Decision date
- 13 Aug 2025
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Levitt Bernstein
How this decision compares
Decided in 40 days from validation, 22 days faster than Thurrock's median of 62 for full applications. Approved, as 82% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Thurrock in the last twelve months, from validation. Thurrock decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
152 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 30 Jul 2025
- Committee
- 12 Aug 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 1 Aug 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
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.
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