Thurrock Council Archives

As the cold snap bites, it’s time to get serious about how we heat our homes

|Date: 17 January, 2024

As the cold snap bites, it’s time to get serious about how we heat our homes

As the cold snap bites, it’s time to get serious about how we heat our homes, says Tamsin Lishman, CEO of ...

As the cold snap bites, it’s time to get serious about how we heat our homes, says Tamsin Lishman, CEO of The Kensa Group. I was concerned to read about the changes to EDF’s Economy 7 tariff and the k ...

17 January, 2024
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Social housing residents bills slashed by 66% for heating and hot water

|Date: 5 December, 2023

Social housing residents bills slashed by 66% for heating and hot water

Residents in 273 high-rise flats in Thurrock will see significant savings in their heating and hot water ...

Residents in 273 high-rise flats in Thurrock will see significant savings in their heating and hot water bills this winter due to the installation of energy-efficient Kensa ground source heat pumps, h ...

5 December, 2023
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Sustainable success at Thurrock as first Kensa ground source heat pump switched on

|Date: 6 March, 2023

Sustainable success at Thurrock as first Kensa ground source heat pump switched on

Kensa Contracting and Thurrock Council celebrated an important milestone as the first energy and carbon s ...

Kensa Contracting and Thurrock Council celebrated an important milestone as the first energy and carbon saving ground source heat pump was switched on. It is one of over 270 residences benefiting from ...

6 March, 2023
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Affordable warmth on the agenda as Lord Callanan visits residents in Thurrock

|Date: 15 December, 2022

Affordable warmth on the agenda as Lord Callanan visits residents in Thurrock

On Thursday 8th December, Lord Callanan, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Bus ...

On Thursday 8th December, Lord Callanan, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), visited residents from Chadwell St Mary in Thurro ...

15 December, 2022
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Flagship renewable heating upgrade project breaks ground in Thurrock, Essex

|Date: 15 July, 2022

Flagship renewable heating upgrade project breaks ground in Thurrock, Essex

A flagship renewable heating retrofit project in the Government’s plans to decarbonise social housing is ...

A flagship renewable heating retrofit project in the Government’s plans to decarbonise social housing is set to reduce fuel bills by over 50% for some Thurrock residents. The project, delivered by Ken ...

15 July, 2022
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Mears and Thurrock Council bring new life to the Falconwood

|Date: 26 July, 2021

Mears and Thurrock Council bring new life to the Falconwood

Local repairs and maintenance contractor Mears, Thurrock Council and The Riverside Community Big Local ha ...

Local repairs and maintenance contractor Mears, Thurrock Council and The Riverside Community Big Local have joined together with the community to take derelict and mistreated woodland and together hav ...

26 July, 2021
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Tilbury awarded £22.8m funding to transform the town

|Date: 20 July, 2021

Tilbury awarded £22.8m funding to transform the town

Aspirational plans to transform Tilbury have been awarded £22.8m of funding as part of the Government’s T ...

Aspirational plans to transform Tilbury have been awarded £22.8m of funding as part of the Government’s Towns Fund scheme. The ambitious proposals by Tilbury Towns Fund Board were submitted earlier th ...

20 July, 2021
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Huge step forward for Purfleet-on-Thames regeneration

|Date: 22 March, 2021

Huge step forward for Purfleet-on-Thames regeneration

Transformational plans to regenerate Purfleet-on-Thames have taken another substantial step forward as Th ...

Transformational plans to regenerate Purfleet-on-Thames have taken another substantial step forward as Thurrock Council complete on phase 1a legal documents to kick-start works. Purfleet Centre Regene ...

22 March, 2021
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29 new council homes for Thurrock residents

|Date: 9 July, 2020

29 new council homes for Thurrock residents

Thurrock Council has handed over the keys to 29 much-needed, high-quality, sustainable council homes for ...

Thurrock Council has handed over the keys to 29 much-needed, high-quality, sustainable council homes for Thurrock residents. Alma Court is an award winning development that has transformed the former ...

9 July, 2020
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Thurrock Council approves major £1bn Purfleet town centre regeneration

|Date: 29 April, 2019

Thurrock Council approves major £1bn Purfleet town centre regeneration

Thurrock Council has given the green light for Purfleet on Thames, a £1bn regeneration project that will ...

Thurrock Council has given the green light for Purfleet on Thames, a £1bn regeneration project that will see thousands of new homes created in Purfleet and a new town centre and a media and creative i ...

29 April, 2019
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