Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Communities and Local Government.

It was an Urban Development Corporation set up by the Government of the United Kingdom covering the entire borough and unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex.

[8] At the end of the premiership of Gordon Brown, there was an intention to merge the Corporation into the Homes and Communities Agency.

However, following its emphasis on localism, the 2010 coalition government merged the Corporation with Thurrock Borough Council on 1 April 2012.

[9] Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation was formally abolished on 31 October 2012.