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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 dates4,803Searchable applications
279Recorded as pending
85%Approval rate · 4,026 approved or refused records
622Refused applications
3,404 approved · 622 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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
- Permitted24/00864/HHA
Demolish existing garage and erection of single storey side and rear extension.
232 Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LP
Received 14 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00865/HHA
Single storey rear, side and front extensions including porch.
45 Scott Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4ED
Received 15 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00866/CLOPUD
Change of use of the ground floor commercial unit, currently used as an Off Licence (Class E), to a Restaurant (Class E).
Nabco Off Licence 6 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NH
Received 15 Aug 2024 - Refused24/00867/CLOPUD
Hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer and three front roof lights and conversion of garage into habitable room.
42 Ward Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RE
Received 15 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00868/HHA
Outbuilding
1 The Pines Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AH
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00870/CLEUD
Use of 2 Leveson Road as two separate dwellings
2 Leveson Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4TB
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00871/CONDC
Discharge of Conditions 4 (tree protection), 5 (hard and soft landscaping), 6 (boundary screening), 7 (sight splays) and 8 (CEMP) of approved planning permission 23/00301/FUL (Demolition of existing outbuildings, sub division of site, construction of new single storey dwelling with associated landscaping and new access to highway).
The Bush St Mary's Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3PB
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00872/CV
Application for the variation of condition no.2 (Approved Plans) of planning permission ref: 24/00492/FUL (Proposed demolition of existing structures and hardstanding and redevelopment of site to provide 5 detached bungalows with associated access improvements, parking and amenity space.)
Former Kashody Clinic Church Road Corringham Essex SS17 9AP
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00873/FUL
Subdivision and change of use of first and second floors of 159 St Chads Road from Education and Cultural Centre (Class E) to HMO (C4), extension of external staircase landing, installation of new entrance door on first floor of rear elevation and addition of a skylight on main roof slope
Flat Above 159 St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8LJ
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00874/HHA
Single storey rear extension
20 Button Road Grays Essex RM17 5HE
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00875/CV
Application for the variation of Condition No. 2 (plan list) of� Application Reference Number: 24/00335/FUL ( Single storey rear and side extension, and change of use of the existing single dwellinghouse from a C3(a) use (Residential Dwellinghouse) to a C3(b) (Residential institutions) as a residential property to support adults with leaning difficulties ) for amendment to the approved plans resulting in the change of the roof form.
95 Mollands Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 6DJ
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Unknown24/00876/ENQNEI
Proposed construction of a new cable tunnel beneath the River Thames between Gravesend and Tilbury to provide additional transmission capacity. Above-ground infrastructure in the form of a new Cable Sealing End compound and a new head house building along with associated electricity infrastructure, access, parking, boundary treatment and two overhead gantry structures for future overhead lines. Temporary compound for the duration of the project to provide parking, staff welfare facilities, delivery vehicle parking, and equipment and machinery storage, including boundary treatment and lighting. Comments to be made by 5th September 2024.
Dummy Properties Outside Thurrock
Received 15 Aug 2024 - Awaiting decision24/00877/REM
Application for approval of the following reserved matters: Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale pursuant to grant of outline permission 19/01058/OUT for construction of up to 161 new dwellings (C3) with vehicular access from Churchill Road; construction of 7,650 sq.m (GEA) of flexible employment floorspace (Use Class B1c / B2 / B8) with vehicular access from Thurrock Park Way; provision of open space including landscaping and drainage measures; new pedestrian / cycle links; and associated parking and access.
Land Part Of Little Thurrock Marshes Thurrock Park Way Tilbury Essex
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00878/HHA
First floor side extension and conversion of garage into a habitable room.
10 Langthorne Crescent Grays Essex RM17 5XA
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00879/HHA
Two storey side extension, part single-storey part two-storey rear extension, extension to loft, front porch repositioned and alterations to fenestrations
The Willows 10 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TU
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00880/CLOPUD
Change of use of the existing single dwellinghouse from a C3(a) use (Residential Dwellinghouse) to a C3(b) (Residentialinstitutions) as a residential children's home for children or young people with physical and learning disabilities, or mental health and/or behavioural issues with no alterations to the building.
17 Argyll Road Grays Essex RM17 5BS
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00881/FUL
Change of use from C4 (HMO) to Sui Generis (Larger HMO) utilising the existing outbuilding as additional bedrooms
164 Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2PT
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00882/HHA
Erection of a single storey rear and side extensions with new part hipped and part open gable roof. Loft conversion including 4 side dormers, rooflights and increase of the roof height. Demolition of the existing porch, shed and garage.
1 Crofton Road Grays Essex RM16 2GY
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Awaiting decision24/00883/OUT
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of residential dwellings (Outline application with all matters reserved, except for access which is for consideration - 25 units)
Criton Works Stanford Road Orsett Essex
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00884/HHA
Demolition of existing orangery, erection of single storey rear extension with sky lantern and front porch.
20 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NH
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00885/CONDC
Application for the approval of details reserved by condition No. 4 (Window, Doors And Roof Light Detials) of planning permission ref: 24/00604/LBC (Replacement front door, one rear rooflight, new rear door & sidelight, replacement timber rear window frame and double glazing and minor internal alteration)
9 Coppid Hall High Road North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UE
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00886/HHA
Porch with gable end
71 Gordon Road Corringham Essex SS17 7QY
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00887/TPOCA
G7 - Various - Cut back all laterals overhanging the garden of No45 Back to the fence line. Cut back all laterals overhanging the parking area back to the boundary.
Land And Trees Adjacent 2 To 8 And 1 To 47 Church Hollow Purfleet-on-thames Essex
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Unknown24/00889/CAAD
The erection of 1 detached dwelling and a garage ancillary to the occupation of the dwelling, under section 17 of the Land Compensation Act 1961
West Side Of Chapel Farm Baker Street Orsett Essex
Received 22 Aug 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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