Site Clearance in South Ockendon
Site clearance in South Ockendon: overgrown plots, builders' leftovers, dumped rubbish and old outbuildings cleared and taken away, so the site is ready for the next trade.
Site Clearance prices in South Ockendon
We send a free estimate after photos or a site visit, covering our labour, vehicles and disposal. If the site turns out different on the day, with more waste or harder access than described, we agree any change with you before we start. Got your own labour on site? Wait and load and grab hire can be booked online at set prices. Get a price.
How we price site clearance →Site Clearance in South Ockendon: what to know
South Ockendon sits just outside the M25 on the western edge of Thurrock and is dominated by large post-war estates, including the Flowers Estate built by the Greater London Council, with newer housing at Brandon Groves on the old hospital site and on the former Ford factory site off Arisdale Avenue.
Current building in South Ockendon is largely council-led infill: 33 affordable homes at Broxburn Drive, 11 council homes on garage sites in Anton Road, proposals at West Road, and a scheme of 173 homes put forward for the Culver Centre site on Daiglen Drive. The former car-plant site on Arisdale Avenue has been redeveloped with about 650 homes. Refurbishment on the Flowers Estate has to allow for its large-panel concrete construction. Permit parking applies on some closes on weekdays between 10am and 3pm, which is worth checking before a skip goes on the road.
Access decides the method. On South Ockendon's terraced streets there's rarely a drive, so the truck stops in the road, right by the front door. Send photos of the site and its entrance and we'll say which vehicle we'd bring to South Ockendon: the caged truck with a crew, or the grab lorry for soil and hardcore.
You get a waste transfer note for every load that leaves, which developers, agents and planning conditions from Thurrock Council often ask for. Suspected asbestos is left in place and reported to you.
Local knowledge: South Ockendon
Site Clearance across South Ockendon
- Postcodes
- RM15
- From our yard
- South Ockendon is 30 minutes from our Wickford yard via the A132 south to the A13 at Pitsea, A13 west, then the B1335 Stifford Road. Small site clearances are often done within a day or two of booking; anything needing plant once we've seen the site.
- We cover
- Derwent Parade, Flowers Estate, Brandon Groves, Belhus, Ockendon station, Arisdale Avenue, South Road and The Green and St Nicholas Church
- Access
- The post-war estates are mainly terraces and low-rise flats, many with shared parking areas and garage blocks rather than private drives, so skip position and vehicle access need checking street by street; the newer developments have allocated bays and tighter estate roads.
- Council
- Thurrock Council · about 22,440 residents
Nearest tip to South Ockendon
- Site
- Linford Household Waste and Recycling Centre, Buckingham Hill Road, Linford, SS17 0PP
- Hours
- Open every day 8am to 4pm all year (gates shut 15 minutes before closing). Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday and Easter Sunday; New Year's Eve 8am to 12 noon.
- Rules
- No booking is needed, but the site is for Thurrock residents only and proof of address is required; trade waste is refused. Small vans and single-axle trailers under 1.8m need a council permit (6 visits a year, or 2 for a hired vehicle), trailers are only admitted on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and larger vehicles such as Ford Transits, Luton vans, tippers, flatbeds and minibuses are not allowed in. Alternative: Linford is the only household waste site in Thurrock and is on the far side of the borough from South Ockendon (roughly 8 miles by road). Essex County Council centres are restricted to residents of the Essex County Council area, so Thurrock households cannot use them.
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Site Clearance in South Ockendon: your questions
How much does site clearance cost in South Ockendon?
Each site gets a free estimate after photos or a visit, covering our labour, vehicles and disposal. If the site turns out different on the day, with more material or harder access than described, we agree any change with you before we start. If you have your own labour on site, wait and load is £180 to £540 by the truck load, and heavy material by grab is from £200 for a half load of soil.
How soon can you start on a site in South Ockendon?
Small clearances are often done within a day or two of booking. Anything needing plant is scheduled once we've seen the site.
Which areas near South Ockendon do you cover?
All of South Ockendon (RM15) plus Upminster, Grays, Rainham and Hornchurch. See every area we cover.
Site Clearance in South Ockendon: a free estimate the same day
South Ockendon (RM15). Tell us where and what, and we price it.