Planning application
Police Station Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5LJ
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
First floor rear extension and change of use and conversion of the former station building into a large HMO, providing 26 studio rooms, with associated parking and landscaping.
As published by the council, reference 26/00286/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00286/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 13 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 13 Mar 2026
- Ward
- OLD Ockendon
- Postcode
- RM15 5LJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Thurrock register
This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00287/FUL Granted
Police Station Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5LJ
Change of use and conversion of the two police houses (Sui Generis Use) into two Houses of Multiple Occupation (C4 use) with the addition of front porches with associated parking and landscaping.
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24/00333/FUL Granted
Police Station Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5LJ
Change of use of former Police Station and existing outbuilding (Sui Generis) to a Gym (Class E(d)). Erection of a first floor extension and associated development including parking arrangements.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Mar 2026
Received by Thurrock
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 8 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Thurrock took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Scene Architecture Agent, an architecture practice
6 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
31 documents on file for this application
- TC HIGHWAYS
- PROPOSED SITE - GROUND FLOOR
- PROPOSED SITE - FIRST FLOOR
- PROPOSED STATION FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED STATION ELEVATION
- TRACKING MANOEUVRES PLANS.
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE - ROOF PLAN
- TC ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ECOLOGY
- ESSEX POLICE
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING BLOCK PLAN
- NHS
- ECOLOGY
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ESSEX POLICE
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN STATUTORY METRIC V2
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- DESIGN ACCESS STATEMENT
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE - ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE - GROUND FLOOR
- PROPOSED SITE - FIRST FLOOR
- PROPOSED STATION FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED STATION ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING FLOOR PLANS & ELEVATIONS
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Thurrock for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Thurrock decided full applications in a median of 85 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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