Royal Air Forces Association 61 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NL

26/00664/PAVARERefused

Prior approval

Refused on 19 August 2026

Council decision: Permission Refused

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application under Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 3, Class M for the Change of Use of first floor from ancillary pub space (Sui Generis) use to 1no self contained residential dwelling (C3)

Received: 13 March 2026
Council: Thurrock Council
Ward: OLD Little Thurrock Rectory

ReceivedReceived13 Mar
ValidatedValidated29 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided19 Aug

Decided in 51 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Royal Air Forces Association 61 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NL. Thurrock has handled 1,338 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Thurrock's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across OLD Little Thurrock Rectory. We hold 215 applications in total for the RM17 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: RM17 5NL
Parish: Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Shahin. Amin

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2026
29 Oct
Convert first floor to 1 bedroom flat
PendingApplication26/01263/FUL

Source: Thurrock

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