17 Grovelands Way Grays Essex RM17 5YQ

1. 18 Aug 2026

   Received by Thurrock

2. 9 Oct 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 13 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 4 December 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.

This application is with Thurrock for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Thurrock decided lawful development applications in a median of 49 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• 74 Grovelands Way Grays Essex RM17 5YG

  26/00601/FUL Submitted 1 Jun 2026 50 yards away

  Change of use of Residential Dwelling (Class C3) to Residential Care Home (Class C2)

  Granted Full applications 17 docs
  Domestic

• 22 Grovelands Way Grays Essex RM17 5YG

  22/01670/PHA Submitted 13 Dec 2022 50 yards away

  Rear extension with a depth of 6 metres from the original rear wall of the property, with a maximum height of 3.7 metres and eaves height of 3.00 metres

  Refused Prior approval Extension 18 docs

• 22 Grovelands Way Grays Essex RM17 5YG

  23/00221/PHA Submitted 24 Feb 2023 50 yards away

  Rear extension with a depth of 6.00 metres from the original rear wall of the property, with a maximum height of 3.70 metres and eaves height of 3.00 metres

  Granted Prior approval Extension 10 docs

• 61 Grovelands Way Grays Essex RM17 5YQ

  19/01627/CLOPUD Submitted 30 Oct 2019 50 yards away

  Loft conversion with rear dormer and two front rooflights

  Granted Lawful development Loft or dormer 6 docs

• 61 Grovelands Way Grays Essex RM17 5YQ

  19/01617/PHA Submitted 29 Oct 2019 50 yards away

  Rear extension with a depth of 6 metres from the original rear wall of the property, with a maximum height of 2.8 metres and eaves height of 2.5 metres.

  Granted Prior approval Extension 8 docs

• 8 Malthouse Drive Grays Essex RM17 5FA

  26/01022/HHA Submitted 31 Aug 2026 100 yards away

  86% historically approved · decision due ~6 Nov

  Construction of a new vehicular crossover.

  Awaiting decision 5 docs

• 26/01184/CLOPUD Awaiting decision

  15 Overcliff Road Grays Essex RM17 6AJ

  Hip to gable end loft conversion with a flat roof rear dormer

  Received 8 Oct, published by the council 13 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• 26/01151/CLOPUD Awaiting decision

  MJL Holdings Motherwell Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 3XD

  Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use or Development, confirming that the planning unit comprising the site would benefit from an extant lawful Use Class B8 (storage or distribution) use, notwithstanding the future demolition of the existing buildings on-site.

  Received 1 Oct, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00950/CLOPUD Granted

  36 Victoria Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2RP

  Reconstruction of an outbuilding.

  18 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00812/CLOPUD Granted

  34 Second Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DS

  Proposed rear dormer roof extension, two conservation-style rooflights to the front roof slope, and the conversion of the existing loft into habitable accommodation.

  Received 14 Jul, published by the council 23 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• 26/01124/CLOPUD Awaiting decision

  8 San Juan Drive Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6LQ

  The proposal seeks the change of use of the existing dwelling from Use Class C3(C) (dwellinghouse occupied by a single household) to Use Class C2 (residential institution). The proposal would retain the existing building and residential character of the property, with no material external alterations or intensification of the built form proposed. The use would operate in accordance with relevant Thurrock development plan policies, including PMD1 (Minimising Pollution and Impacts on Amenity) a...

  Received 28 Sep, published by the council 2 Oct 2026 Lawful development