Freedom of information response
Residential Development Applications
1. How many new homes were completed in your authority in the financial year 2023/24?
2. How many residential development applications received planning permission in the financial year 2023/24?
3. How many residential development applications were rejected planning permission in the financial year 2023/24?
4. How many households were on your housing register on 1 April 2023, and how many are on your housing register as of 1 April 2024?
5. What percentage of residential development planning applications were decided on-time in the financial year 2023/24.
1. The monitoring work to determine the number of new homes that were built in Thurrock in the 2023/24 is underway but has not yet been completed. It is anticipated that this will be published in June on the Council’s website at: Housing completions | Planning policy monitoring | Thurrock Council
2. This information is publicly available by searching the planning applications portal on the Council’s website. – (Planning applications | Thurrock Council)
3. As per 2 above
4. The number on the housing register on 1st April 2023: 4,855
The number on the housing register on 1st April 2024: 4,422
5. 98.6% in time