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Thurrock Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Thurrock Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates4,724Searchable applications
279Recorded as pending
85%Approval rate · 3,956 approved or refused records
612Refused applications
3,344 approved · 612 refused · 106 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Nov 2016 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and growthLocal plan Local Plan and Planning policyPre-application advice Planning pre-application adviceConservation areas Conservation areas
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas7 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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More application records
- Permitted24/00130/NMA
Application for a Non-Material Amendment to Condition no. 4 of application reference 16/01698/FUL (Full planning permission for the demolition of existing buildings and structures and the erection of new buildings, structures, port infrastructure (including road, railways, tracks, gantries and surfacing) landscaping, drainage, and other ancillary works in association with continued use of the port for the storage and transfer of trailers, containers and cars, including the erection of a car storage building on the former Paper Mills land, a workshop in South Park, and a new areas of open storage and transfer trailers, containers and cars on land at Purfleet Farm and south of the railway line. Outline planning permission for the expansion of the existing Pre-Delivery Inspection Building) to allow for an extension to the existing container stack.
C Ro Ports London Ltd Purfleet Thames Terminal London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1SD
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00131/CONDC
Application for the approval of details reserved by condition no. 12 (Contamination Risk Assessment and Remediation Strategy) of planning permission ref 16/01698/FUL (Full planning permission for the demolition of existing buildings and structures and the erection of new buildings, structures, port infrastructure (including road, railways, tracks, gantries and surfacing) landscaping, drainage, and other ancillary works in association with continued use of the port for the storage and transfer of trailers, containers and cars, including the erection of a car storage building on the former Paper Mills land, a workshop in South Park, and a new areas of open storage and transfer trailers, containers and cars on land at Purfleet Farm and south of the railway line. Outline planning permission for the expansion of the existing Pre-Delivery Inspection Building).
C Ro Ports London Ltd Purfleet Thames Terminal London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1SD
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00132/CONDC
Application for the approval of details reserved by condition no 5 (Site Development Scheme) and no 7 (Habitat Creation and Enhancement Plan) of planning permission ref 22/01074/FUL (Change of use of land to a gypsy and traveller caravan site consisting of a 1 no. pitch and associated development).
Land Adjoining Fobbing Acres And Mill Lane Fobbing Essex
Received 10 Aug 2023 - Permitted24/00133/PHA
Rear extension with a depth of 6 metres from the original rear wall of the property, with a maximum height of 3 metres and eaves height of 2.9 metres.
39 Scott Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4ED
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00134/CLOPUD
Flat roof rear dormer and the addition of three front rooflights
129 Kent Road Grays Essex RM17 6DE
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00135/CONDC
Application for the approval of details reserved by condition no. 3 (Constructions Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)) and no. 4 (Reptile and Saltmarsh Protection Plan) of planning permission ref. 21/00947/FUL (Replacement surface water outfall).
Land To The South Of National Grids Electrical Substation For New Cable Tunnel Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 2 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00136/HHA
Outbuilding within the rear garden to be used as a home office, gym and store.
269 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5PR
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00137/PHA
Rear extension with a depth of 6 metres from the original rear wall of the property, with a maximum height of 3.10 metres and eaves height of 2.95 metres
14 Fullarton Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5HN
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00138/HHA
Single storey side/rear wraparound extension with two roof windows and relocation of main entrance door.
14 Mallow Court Grays Essex RM17 6TT
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00139/TPO
Cherry tree requires felling as tree is dying.
4 Rutledge Close Orsett Essex RM16 3GS
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00140/TPOCA
Fell Ash tree which is part dead
Building 13 Thames Industrial Park Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8RH
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00141/FUL
Construction and operation of a photovoltaic solar array, battery energy storage system and other ancillary development
Solar Development Aveley Landfill Sandy Lane Aveley Essex
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Refused24/00142/HHA
Two storey front extension.
295 Southend Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8HL
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00143/CLOPUD
Loft conversion with flat roof rear dormer and three front rooflights.
37 Lawns Crescent Grays Essex RM17 6EZ
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Withdrawn24/00144/FUL
Erection of 1 detached dwelling with parking and private garden on land to rear of No 90 Dock Road.
90 Dock Road Grays Essex RM17 6EY
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00146/PAOFFR
Prior Approval under Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA for the change of use of first and second floors from Use Class E (c) (ii) to Use Class C3 (Residential) to create 7 no. 1 bedroom flats.
28 - 30 High Street Grays Essex RM17 6LU
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00147/CLOPUD
Single storey side extension and relocation of entrance door.
2 Fort William Road Vange Essex SS16 5JX
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00148/HHA
Single storey rear extension and part garage conversion
Danforth Argent Street Grays Essex RM17 6PH
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00149/FUL
Change of use of residential dwelling (Use Class C3) and associated amenity land to a Place of Worship (Use Class F1 (f)) and Community Halls and Meeting Places (Use Class F2 (b).
31A Bradleigh Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5XD
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00150/CV
Application under s73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the deletion of condition nos. 22 (car park details), 32 (temporary noise bunds), 59 (hibernacula) and 62 (ecological monitoring programme) and variation of condition nos. 2 (importation timeframe- to extend time until 31 December 2024), 10 (removal plant and hardstandings apart from a container store for a tractor - to extend time until 31 December 2024), 24 (cycle parking - to delete reference to Phase 3), 25 (removal of construction compound - to alter reference to completion), 42 (removal of rubble and material - to change plan and remove reference to sports pitch), 48 (contamination and remediation - to vary wording to reflect existing submissions and new guidelines), 53 (final levels - to vary wording to allow discharge at completion of project), 60 to approve fence details along Little Belhus Close and Coronation Meadow and 61 & 62 (ecology - to combine both conditions into a new condition no. 61) of planning permission Ref. 16/00410/CV (Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission: proposed variation of condition no. 44 (location of areas used for the processing, sorting, treating, mixing and screening of material) of planning permission ref. 11/50425/TTGCND (creation of country park, including restoration of land by provision of new landscape cover)
Former Belhus Landfill Site Arisdale Avenue South Ockendon Essex
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00151/HHA
Single storey side extension
Appleton Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3ST
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00152/HHA
Garage conversion and single storey rear extension.
53 Devereux Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PB
Received 8 Feb 2024 - Refused24/00153/HHA
(Retrospective) Open pavilion
22 Hatfield Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6LR
Received 8 Feb 2024 - Permitted24/00154/CONDC
Application for the approval of details reserved by condition No. 6 (Construction Environmental Management Plan [CEMP])of planning permission ref 23/00083/FUL (Single storey one bedroom dwelling with associated parking, landscaping and front boundary wall to commercial unit.)
Party Crown Direct Ltd 61 Lampits Hill Corringham Essex SS17 9AA
Received 8 Feb 2024
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Thurrock Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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