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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.
3,216 approved · 589 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
10 Gloucester Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8RB
Received 17 Apr 2023Car Parks Crown Road And Darnley Road Grays Essex
Received 17 Apr 202386 Curling Lane Grays Essex RM17 5XL
Received 17 Apr 2023Goshems Farm Station Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8QR
Received 17 Apr 202363 Brennan Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8AL
Received 17 Apr 2023Land At 13 Loewen Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 18 Apr 2023Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 18 Apr 202386 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NW
Received 18 Apr 2023Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 18 Apr 2023Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 18 Apr 20231 Allenby Crescent Grays Essex RM17 6DH
Received 18 Apr 2023Land Adjacent And East Of M25 And North Of Stifford Road Aveley Essex
Received 17 Apr 2023Telecommunications Equipment Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex
Received 18 Apr 20232 Rookery View Grays Essex RM17 6AS
Received 18 Apr 20233 River View Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4DH
Received 18 Apr 2023138 Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 3AD
Received 18 Apr 202343 Purfleet Road Aveley Essex RM15 4DR
Received 18 Apr 202319 Kelvin Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8YJ
Received 19 Apr 2023246 Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 3AP
Received 19 Apr 202313 Triumph Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RQ
Received 19 Apr 202318 Broadway Grays Essex RM17 6EW
Received 19 Apr 202317 Brevet Close Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1RW
Received 20 Apr 2023Stag & Fawn Homeware 77 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5RZ
Received 20 Apr 2023Stag & Fawn Homeware 77 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5RZ
Received 20 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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