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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Thurrock Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,213 approved · 588 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Trafalgar House Thames Industrial Park Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8RH
Received 9 Nov 2016Baker Street Mills Stifford Clays Road Orsett Essex RM16 3LX
Received 25 Jun 2020Cedarwood Court And Elmwood Court Southend Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 17 Aug 2021Development Land East Of Caspian Way And North And South Of London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 15 Oct 2021Development Land East Of Caspian Way And North And South Of London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 19 Oct 2021Gas Valve Compound Drake Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex
Received 18 May 2022Development Land East Of Caspian Way And North And South Of London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 27 Jul 2022Development Land East Of Caspian Way And North And South Of London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 27 Jul 2022Development Land East Of Caspian Way And North And South Of London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 6 Sept 2022Units 1 To 4 Coward Industrial Estate St Johns Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 3 Mar 202354 Stour Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BU
Received 4 Mar 202335 Stanford Gardens Aveley Essex RM15 4BT
Received 6 Mar 2023Land To Rear Of 2 To 20 Hillcrest Avenue West Thurrock Essex
Received 13 Mar 2023Land Adjacent Recreation Ground And Unit 54 Globe Industrial Estate Towers Road Grays Essex
Received 16 Mar 202326 Wharf Road South Grays Essex RM17 6SZ
Received 23 Mar 202327 Falcon Avenue Grays Essex RM17 6SB
Received 30 Mar 2023Oak House 103 Corringham Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0BA
Received 4 Apr 2023Telecommunications Mast Hangmans Wood Industrial Park Stifford Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 5 Apr 20231 Courtenay Drive Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NX
Received 10 Apr 2023Coryton Advanced Fuels Ltd The Manorway Coryton Essex SS17 9LN
Received 11 Apr 2023Thurrock Lifestyle Solutions 13 - 15 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6QA
Received 11 Apr 202349 - 51 Southend Road Grays Essex
Received 13 Apr 20231 Cawdor Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RQ
Received 14 Apr 202324 Tasman Close Corringham Essex SS17 7LD
Received 15 Apr 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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