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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 dates4,779Searchable applications
279Recorded as pending
85%Approval rate · 4,004 approved or refused records
619Refused applications
3,385 approved · 619 refused · 107 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Nov 2016 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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More application records
- Decided24/00544/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 2.85 metres.
6 Gloucester Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8RB
Received 16 May 2024 - Refused24/00545/HHA
Single storey front extension with porch and single storey rear extension
6 Gloucester Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8RB
Received 16 May 2024 - Permitted24/00546/LBC
Replacement of tarmac surface adjoining the south facade with new hard surfacing. Addition of canopy and light above doorway, relocation of existing cast iron frame.
Oxley House High Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8LF
Received 16 May 2024 - Permitted24/00547/NMA
Application for a proposed non-material amendment to internal wall removal and mezzanine floor to rear of main hall of planning permission ref 23/00534/FUL (Change of use from office and warehouse to Class E(f) for elderly club and day centre.).
Aveley House Arcany Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 16 May 2024 - Refused24/00549/FUL
Redevelopment of the site to provide 9 apartments in linked, two and three storey blocks, associated car parking and landscaping
Former Thurrock Meals On Wheels Depot Corran Way South Ockendon Essex RM15 6AP
Received 15 May 2024 - Permitted24/00550/ADV
Retail store Fascia signs & shared Totem signs
Home Bargains Unit A2C Lakeside Retail Park West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 1WN
Received 16 May 2024 - Permitted24/00551/CONDC
Application for the approval of details reserved by condition No.7 (Construction Environmental Management Plan [CEMP]) of planning permission ref 22/00118/FUL (Single storey rear extension to the existing residential dwellinghouse and erection of a two storey, two bedroom dwelling).
1 Gravel Pit Cottages Bridge Road Grays Essex RM17 6HL
Received 17 May 2024 - Permitted24/00552/PHA
Rear extension with a depth of 4 metres from the original rear wall of the property, with a maximum height of 3.05 metres and eaves height of 3.00 metres.
12 Fleethall Grove Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2DZ
Received 17 May 2024 - Permitted24/00553/CONDC
Application to discharge conditions 14 (Electric Vehicle Charging), 16 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), 17 and 18 (Foul & Surface Water Drainage) of planning permission of 21/01812/FUL.
Land Adjacent And To The Rear Of The George And Dragon East Tilbury Road Linford Essex
Received 17 May 2024 - Refused24/00554/FUL
Single storey front extension
Zaal Indian Dining 3 Lampits Hill Corringham Essex SS17 9AA
Received 17 May 2024 - Permitted24/00555/HHA
Single storey side and rear wrap around extension with two roof lanterns and addition of first floor French doors with Juliet balcony to the rear
61 Orchard Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HP
Received 17 May 2024 - Permitted24/00556/CLOPUD
Ground floor rear extension.
32 Stanford Gardens Aveley Essex RM15 4BU
Received 17 May 2024 - Permitted24/00557/HHA
Proposed front canopy extension, two storey side extension, and garage conversion.
32 Stanford Gardens Aveley Essex RM15 4BU
Received 17 May 2024 - Refused24/00558/CV
Variation of details reserved by condition no: 8 (Hours of Operation) of planning permission ref: 23/01281/FUL [Change of use from Use Class E (b) to Use Class E (a) (Retail Shop), and single storey side and rear extensions.]
Atesh Food Centre 70 London Road Grays Essex RM17 5YB
Received 17 May 2024 - Permitted24/00559/FUL
Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment and change of use of the site from a hotel (C1 use) to a builder's merchants (Sui Generis use) including the construction of a warehouse building incorporating a retail area for visiting members of the public.
Lowden Roofing And Building Supplies Stonehouse Lane Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1NS
Received 17 May 2024 - Permitted24/00560/FUL
(Retrospective) Change of use of amenity land to residential curtilage and erection of wall
251 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DF
Received 20 May 2024 - Permitted24/00561/CLOPUD
Loft conversion with rear dormer and roof light to front
47 Grovelands Way Grays Essex RM17 5YQ
Received 20 May 2024 - Permitted24/00562/HHA
Second storey extension above existing ground floor rear extension. Loft conversion with front dormers. Raised ridge height to align with neighbouring property. Increase size of existing front porch
176 Danbury Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5XE
Received 20 May 2024 - Permitted24/00564/HHA
Part garage conversion into habitable room and erection of front and rear extensions to form an annexe.
1 San Luis Drive Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6LP
Received 20 May 2024 - Permitted24/00565/FUL
Subdivision of the ground floor mixed use commercial and residential unit for the separation of the units, to a commercial unit and a two-storey 2 bed flat, with associated changes to fenestration and internal layout.
Violets 3 Crammavill Street Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AP
Received 20 May 2024 - Decided24/00566/PHA
Rear extension with a depth of 4.00 metres from the original rear wall of the property, with a maximum height of 3.00 metres and eaves height of 2.90 metres.
3 Colburn Way Grays Essex RM16 2EG
Received 20 May 2024 - Withdrawn24/00567/FUL
Erection of a Voltage Management System with associated ancillary infrastructure, access, boundary treatment and landscaping
Land East Of Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 20 May 2024 - Permitted24/00568/TPO
Reduce approx. 125 linear metres of Tree line (First Trees in Tree line adjacent to site) by approx. 3 metres in height as close to the fence height as possibe, the Trees species consist of Sycamore, Elm, Ash, Cherry and Hawthorn, we will access the Trees aerially using a 33 metre MEWP.We will cut back all overhanging branches to the fence line or as close to as possible.Fell 2no of Dead Cherry Trees to 50mm from ground level.
Gas Valve Compound Stifford Hill North Stifford Grays Essex
Received 20 May 2024 - Refused24/00569/FUL
Change of use of amenity land to residential curtilage and new garden fence
359 Ashley Close Corringham Essex SS17 7JP
Received 21 May 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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