Freedom of information response

Publication date:

Thursday 2 November 2023

Request:

1) For each year since 2018, how many council-owned car parks you had as of the 1st of January? For each year (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023) could this be broken down into the following details:
- Name of the car park
- Location of the car park, including the postcode
- Cost of parking - this should be for 3 hours where possible. For short stay car parks please include the cost for the maximum length of stay e.g 1 hour
- How many spaces there are in the car park

2) Secondly, since January 1st 2018, how many council-owned car parks have closed? For each car park please could you provide the following details:
- Name of the car park
- Location of the car park, including the postcode
- Date the car park closed
- How many spaces there were in the car park
- Reason for closure
- What the new purpose of the land is if it has one e.g housing

Response:

Council-owned off-street car parks in Greys

Car parks are in the following locations are open 24 hours a day.

Car park	Spaces	Charges
Argent Street, Grays, Google Maps: Argent Street	42	£1.00 – up to 1 hour, £1.50 – up to 2 hours, £2.50 – up to 4 hours, £4.00 – up to 6 hours, £6.50 – over 6 hours
Cromwell Road, Grays, Google Maps: Cromwell Road	60
Crown Road, Grays, Google Maps: Crown Road	96
Darnley Road, Grays, Google Maps: Darnley Road	30
Grays Beach, Thames Road, Grays, Google Maps: Thames Road	182
Station House, opposite Grays rail station main entrance, Google Maps: Station House	10

Council-owned off-street car parks outside Grays

Car parks in the following locations are open 24 hours a day.

Car park	Spaces	Charges
Gordon Road (Grover Walk), Corringham, Google Maps: Gordon Road (Grover Walk)	112	Free
Gordon Road (Police station), Corringham, Google Maps: Gordon Road (Police station)	53	Free
Giffords Cross, Corringham, Google Maps: Giffords Cross	78	Free
Defoe Parade, Chadwell St Mary, Google Maps: Defoe Parade	56	Free
Lodge Lane, Grays (Socketts Heath), Google Maps: Lodge Lane	56	Free
Canterbury Parade, South Ockendon, Google Maps: Canterbury Parade	100	free – up to 1 hour, £1.50 – up to 2 hours, £2.50 – up to 4 hours, £4.00 – up to 6 hours, £6.50 – over 6 hours
Tamarisk Road, South Ockendon, Google Maps: Tamarisk Road	27	£1.00 – up to 1 hour, £1.50 – up to 2 hours, £2.50 – up to 4 hours, £4.00 – up to 6 hours, £6.50 – over 6 hours

All Thurrock Council fees and charges can be obtained and viewed online: Fees and charges | Our fees and charges | Thurrock Council

2) Secondly, since January 1st 2018, how many council-owned car parks have closed? For each car park please could you provide the following details:

- Name of the car park

- Location of the car park, including the postcode

- Date the car park closed

- How many spaces there were in the car park

- Reason for closure

- What the new purpose of the land is if it has one e.g. housing

Only 1 Thurrock Council owned and managed car park has closed since 2018. Cornwell House Car Park in Purfleet, RM19 1PA closed in December 2020. There were approx. 100 car parking spaces. The car park was part of a Housing Regen project.

Request reference:

FOI 13128