Essex Beauty Room 1B Kingston Parade Hathaway Road Grays Essex RM17 5LG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from retail to daycare nursery and tuition. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 16 Apr 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 1 Aug 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Thurrock Planning Committee on 14 Apr 2026.
Refused by 8 votes to 0
- Officers advised refusal because retail loss lacked justification and parking and drop-off arrangements would harm highway safety.
- Thirty objections raised traffic, amenity, noise, parking, character and environmental pollution concerns.
- The committee voted unanimously to refuse permission, citing the stated report reasons.
Source: Plota analysis of Thurrock's committee minutes of 14 Apr 2026.
Documents 17
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 9
Application forms 1
Site constraints 2
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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How this decision compares
Decided in 78 days from validation, 22 days slower than Thurrock's median of 56 for changes of use. Refused, as 18% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Thurrock in the last twelve months, from validation. Thurrock decision record →
Public comments
100% object · above the UK average of 75%
49 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 12 Mar 2026
- Site or press notice
- 12 Mar 2026
- Committee
- 14 Apr 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
24 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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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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