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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 dates4,809Searchable applications
279Recorded as pending
85%Approval rate · 4,032 approved or refused records
622Refused applications
3,410 approved · 622 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Permitted24/00917/ADV
Proposed X1 fascia sign and X1 projecting sign
Halifax 48 - 50 High Street Grays Essex RM17 6NA
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decided24/00918/PAPNAF
Prior approval for the erection of a cattle handling facility including concrete race and crush and other fencing
A G Young & Son Curtis Farm High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JJ
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00919/HHA
Formation of new vehicular crossover to access the highway.
1 Thorley Road Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AU
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00920/HHA
Wrap around single storey ground floor extension with new window and external materials throughout.
19 Lower Crescent Linford Essex SS17 0QJ
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00921/FUL
Erection of a single storey 1 x bedroom new build dwelling, with associated subdivision of the site and landscaping and dropped kerb to facilitate the existing property, with some external alterations and demolitions.
26 Bradshawe Road Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2EA
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Withdrawn24/00922/HHA
First floor rear extension
The Bays 29 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8AZ
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Permitted24/00923/TPO
T1= To spread reduce 1x Field Maple Tree by 2.0/2.5mtrs and thin by 30%Light accessGeneral maintenance
Duval Cottages Meesons Lane Grays Essex
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Unknown24/00924/ENQNEI
Application for the variation of condition 2 attached to planning permission reference number 20210757 for the redevelopment of the site including demolition of the southern part of the workshop building and existing corridor link at first floor level between Custom House and the outbuildings and conversion of Custom House, the coachhouse and outbuildings to include extensions, the Old Boathouse and the Boathouse with external alterations and erection of a new three storey building to provide 27 residential units with associated landscaping and parking. To allow; for internal and external alterations to facilitate additional bedspaces to increase the number of bedrooms in the development. Comments to be made by 18 September 2024.
Dummy Properties Outside Thurrock
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Unknown24/00927/SCO
Request for EIA Scoping Opinion The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) Thurrock Data Centre Land at the former Arena Essex, Arterial Road West Thurrock, Grays, Purfleet, RM19 1AE (the Site)
Arena Essex Arterial Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1AE
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Refused24/00928/HHA
Raising of ridge height, alteration to roof form, and loft conversion incorporating front and rear pitched roof dormers and roof lights.
1 Camden Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PY
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Permitted24/00929/CONDC
Application for the approval of details reserved by condition No. 5 (Soft Landscaping Scheme) of Planning Permission ref. 24/00422/HHA (Retrospective application for new means of enclosure consisting of brick wall and brick pillars. Motorised sliding gates on front brick wall and railings on side walls.).
4 Irvine Gardens South Ockendon Essex RM15 5JP
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Permitted24/00930/HHA
Proposed new garden room/pool house and swimming pool.
8 Rogers Road Grays Essex RM17 5NU
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Permitted24/00933/TPO
T20 - request full removal of dead ash tree which has not produced any leaves this year. T21 - request full removal of ash tree which has not produced leaves on a lot of branchesBoth trees are in a very crowded area where the 4 maple trees T14, T15, T16, T18 have grown considerably in size. The request to remove the 2 ash trees before they become too unstable is due to their height and complexity/cost to carry out work. Due to the size and number of trees already surrounding the 2 proposed removals there is no proposal to replant new trees.
36 Carew Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RZ
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Permitted24/00934/CONDC
Application for the approval of details reserved by Condions 3 (Materials) 4 (Sample Concrete Removal) 5 (Rooflights) 6 (Proposed New Windows) 7 (Rain Water Goods) 8 (Details of Access) 9 (Sight Splays)of planning permission ref 23/01099/HHA Renovation, repair, internal alterations and extension of Grade II Listed 16th century house with 18/19th existing extension comprising: New single storey ground floor rear extension (to 19th century section); external renovation, new windows; new front boundary treatment and car parking.
Old Post Cottage High Road North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UG
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Permitted24/00935/HHA
Single storey side extension.
137 St Margarets Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0SH
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Permitted24/00936/FUL
Erection of an outbuilding
123 Godman Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4TD
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Permitted24/00937/PANTC
The installation of a slim 20m high EE streetworks monopole supporting 6no. antennas, including wrap around cabinet with 2no. 0.3m transmission dishes, 3no. ground-based equipment cabinets and ancillary equipment and cabling
Telecommunications Mast Adjacent Victor House Motherwell Way West Thurrock Essex
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Permitted24/00938/HHA
Proposed side extension, removal of one chimney and addition of two roof lights to side of roof and relocation of entrance door with porch and rendering of the external walls. Formation of new vehicular access and hardstanding
18 Edith Way Corringham Essex SS17 9AF
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Permitted24/00939/CONDC
Application for the approval of details reserved by condition No.4 (Constructions Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)) of planning application Ref:24/00620/FUL Replacement Dwelling.
First Bungalow Thames Haven Road Corringham Essex SS17 7QJ
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Permitted24/00940/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 3.00 metres.
16 First Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3JR
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Permitted24/00941/FUL
Side extension to existing vehicle service centre including link extension to adjacent testing centre together with associated works.
Purfleet Commercials Manor Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 4EH
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Refused24/00942/PHA
Rear extension with a depth of 2.95 metres from the original rear wall of the property, with a maximum height of 2.95 metres and eaves height of 2.95 metres.
12 Cabborns Crescent Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0EA
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Permitted24/00943/DCOAPP
Application to discharge requirements in part for requirement 8 (external lighting) for the first phase of 300MW of battery storage with associated infrastructure and mitigation of the Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Development Consent Order 2022 (the DCO)
Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Station Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8QR
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Refused24/00944/CLEUD
Lawful existing development for of an area of hardstanding to the north of the farmyard at Blankets Farm
Blankets Farm Dunnings Lane Bulphan Essex
Received 5 Sept 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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