Planning application
20 Benson Road Grays Essex RM17 6DL
Works: Extension Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from single residential dwelling (C3) to 6 bedroom HMO (C4) and extension of the existing outbuilding to create a communal garden room.
As published by the council, reference 26/00521/CLOPUD
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00521/CLOPUD
- Type
- Certificate Lawful Proposed Use Dev't
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 13 May 2026
- Validated
- 13 May 2026
- Decided
- 24 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Grays Town
- Decision by
- Chief Planning Officer Decision
- Postcode
- RM17 6DL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 May 2026
Received by Thurrock
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24 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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23 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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Alpha Bricks Properties Ltd Applicant, registered in Luton
Active · incorporated 2023 · Luton
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
26 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- SITE PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED 3D VIEWS
- PROPOSED SECTIONS
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED RIGHT ELEVATION
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED LEFT ELEVATION
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED ROOF
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED LOFT
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN
- ADDITIONAL PHOTO 1 OF 2
- ADDITIONAL PHOTO 2 OF 2
- APPLICATION FORM
- SITE PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED LOFT
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED ROOF
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED REAR AND FRONT ELEVATION
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED LEFT ELEVATION
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED RIGHT ELEVATION
- PROPOSED SECTIONS
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED 3D VIEWS
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Thurrock granted permission on 24 June 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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