Planning application
Unit 8 Thurrock Shopping Park Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3LP
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use from retail use (Use Class E(a)) to restaurant and hot food takeaway use (sui generis) including external alterations and extension to existing building, external seating area, plant enclosure and bin store, provision of drive through lane and alterations to car parking and landscaping
As published by the council, reference 26/00990/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00990/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 25 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 25 Aug 2026
- Ward
- West Thurrock And South Stifford
- Postcode
- RM20 3LP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Thurrock register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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21/00318/FUL Granted
Unit 8 Thurrock Shopping Park Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3LP
Change of use from retail use to restaurant and hot food takeaway use; external alterations and minor extension to existing building; erection of external covered seating area, plant enclosure and bin store; provision of drive through lane and alterations to car parking and landscaping
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Aug 2026
Received by Thurrock
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2 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 20 October 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
Burnett Planning Agent, a planning consultancy
21 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 90% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
25 documents on file for this application
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE LAYOUT PLAN
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXITSING ROOF PLAN
- EXITSING SECTION
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXITSING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT PLAN
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED SECTION
- TYPICAL BIN STORE - DETAIL DRAWING
- TYPICAL BIN STORE & PLANT - DETAIL DRAWING
- MANUAL FOR MANAGING TREES
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- LANDSCAPE PLAN_A1L
- ARBORICULTURAL ASSESSMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- COVER LETTER UNIT 8
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
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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.
About full applications
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