Home - Your Thurrock
Jan 21, 2013 · A SPECIALIST education team is helping turn Thurrock children’s lives around reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Thurrock Virtual School has almost 300 children on its...
Home - Your Thurrock
CHELMSFORD-based developer Barratt and David Wilson Homes has donated £1,500 to Roxwell Pre-school, a charity dedicated to providing high-quality care and education for young children...
Ask the Council: A fresh start for Thurrock - Your Thurrock
13 hours ago · ASK the council! Book your place at our public question time on Tuesday 25 FebruaryRegister now A spokesperson said: “Following on from the success of our first event, we will be holding a second public question time event for Thurrock residents and businesses. We’d love you to come along. When: 6-8pm, Tuesday 25th February Where: […]
Meetings across Thurrock will give residents opportunity to …
Jan 7, 2024 · THURROCK resdients are being invited to have a say on the draft local plan proposed by the borough council. The blueprint for the borough’s future has been more than eight years in the making and was revealed to councillors in the latter stages of 2023. In December councillors gave the green light for a consultation process to […]
Thurrock Council leader John Kent: We will lobby for Thurrock ...
4 days ago · THURROCK Council leader Cllr John Kent delivered a message to borough residents at the start of the authority’s cabinet meeting on Wednesday (22 January) evening, backing the planned changes to local democracy. The senior Labour member of the council outlined his reasons for supporting pending devolution across Essex, which will eventually see Thurrock Council amalgamted […]
Council boss outlines his vision for future of local government 'to ...
Jan 16, 2025 · BASILDON and Thurrock should be merged to create a large, more powerful council as part of radical reforms, “accelerating housing and infrastructure” building for more than 16,755 new homes, a south Essex council boss insists reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Gavin Callaghan, Labour leader of Basildon Council, insists …
Fears for green belt after plans for East Tilbury put before committee
Dec 25, 2024 · FEARS are growing that developers are eying up Thurrock’s green belt land after a plans for another 550 homes were unveiled. Summix GET Developments Ltd has informed Thurrock Council it intends to submit plans for 550 homes land to Rear of Gobions Park, Princess Margaret Road in East Tilbury and land part of EDL Operations in Mucking Wharf Road, Stanford Le Hope. The 87-acre metropolitan ...
Thurrock Council may ask for May’s local elections to be cancelled
Jan 1, 2025 · THURROCK Council is poised to make a decision on whether to ask the government to cancel May 2025’s planned ‘all-in’ elections reports Thurrock Nub News. There were not supposed to be elections in the borough in the coming year but as part of its remit to reorganise the council in the wake of its financial collapse and intervention from central government, the authority was ordered to ...
Thurrock Council set to increase council tax by almost 5 per cent
Jan 8, 2025 · THURROCK Council is set to hike council tax by almost 5 per cent as it battles rising costs and its recovery from financial ruin reports the Local Democracy Reporter. The rise is an improvement on last year’s 7.99 per cent and comes as the council confirms its required savings target for 2025/26 of £18.2million has been […]
Residents set to review 20-year plan for Thurrock homes and jobs
Dec 7, 2023 · RESIDENTS are being asked to give their views on proposals for how Thurrock homes, jobs and industry will develop over the next 20 years reports the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Thurrock Council has given the go-ahead for public consultation to be launched into its a draft local plan. Employment land must be found to accommodate approximately 27,000 new jobs primarily associated with the ...