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The council is reviewing its Licensing Policy and we want to hear your views.

The Licensing Policy helps guide decisions about licensed premises and activities across the borough, including pubs, bars, restaurants, shops selling alcohol, or tobacco and vapes, entertainment venues and community events. 

Thurrock Council has trialled the use of drone technology to inspect highway structures, helping engineers gather detailed information more safely and efficiently.

Specialist drone surveys were carried out at culverts on Dunstable Road and St Margarets Road, where traditional inspections can be challenging because of dense vegetation, steep embankments and confined spaces.

Families with children aged 0 to 5 across Thurrock can now access a free premium subscription to EasyPeasy, a new app designed to help children learn, communicate and develop through everyday family activities.

EasyPeasy offers thousands of simple ideas, activities and tips that can be incorporated into daily routines, helping families make the most of everyday opportunities to chat, play and learn together.

Thurrock Council’s Reactive Highways Maintenance Team has completed a series of repairs across the borough, helping to keep roads, footways, and public spaces safe and well maintained.

The team carries out a wide range of reactive repairs, including highway and footway works, drainage repairs, street furniture maintenance and emergency responses to hazards.

Recent works have been completed in South Ockendon, Tilbury and Brandon Groves.

Council highways and ground maintenance teams sprang into action to repair a knee rail and tidy up the car park at the Thomas Bata Memorial Site in East Tilbury.

On learning that the rail had been damaged, highways engineers quickly arranged for a replacement to be fitted and the broken knee rail to be removed. While they worked, a ground maintenance team cleared up behind them, blowing leaves and sweeping up to leave the car park clear.

Road markings at a busy junction and pedestrian crossing in East Tilbury have been refreshed, helping to improve visibility and make the area safer and easier to navigate for residents and visitors.

The road markings and pedestrian crossing on Princess Margaret Road in East Tilbury had become worn and faded over time because of regular traffic and changing weather conditions.