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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.
3,218 approved · 591 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Laurels South Hill Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PJ
Received 26 Apr 202323 Mill Road Aveley Essex RM15 4SL
Received 27 Apr 2023Land West Of And Adjacent To Hogg Lane Grays Essex
Received 27 Apr 2023212 Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LP
Received 27 Apr 20237 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NH
Received 28 Apr 202320 Hathaway Road Grays Essex RM17 5JL
Received 28 Apr 20239 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NH
Received 28 Apr 20234 High Street Aveley Essex RM15 4AD
Received 28 Apr 2023Unit A2B Lakeside Retail Park West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 1WN
Received 28 Apr 202331A South View Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 4AT
Received 28 Apr 2023Purfleet Commercials Ltd 520 London Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3BJ
Received 28 Apr 2023106 Bankfoot Grays Essex RM17 5HY
Received 28 Apr 2023Telecommunications Equipment Daiglen Drive South Ockendon Essex
Received 28 Apr 2023Telecommunications Equipment Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex
Received 28 Apr 20237 Culford Road Grays Essex RM16 2SS
Received 28 Apr 2023166 Crammavill Street Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AG
Received 1 May 2023166 Crammavill Street Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AG
Received 1 May 202328 Parnell Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6BQ
Received 1 May 202386 Moore Avenue South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XW
Received 1 May 20233 Shakespeare Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8AP
Received 1 May 2023Land Off Fen Lane And Medebridge Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 1 May 2023South Ockendon Quarry And Landfill Site Medebridge Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 1 May 202391 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6RA
Received 1 May 202312 Jubilee Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3BT
Received 2 May 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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