Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,220 approved · 591 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Swiftsure Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6YL
Received 2 May 2023Dummy Properties Outside Thurrock
Received 2 May 20235 Tennyson Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RG
Received 2 May 2023Land Part Of The Gables Pump Street Horndon On The Hill Essex
Received 2 May 2023Land And Buildings North Of Railway Line Purfleet Thames Terminal London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 2 May 202311 Gainsborough Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8LR
Received 2 May 202333 Charlton Street South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XU
Received 2 May 202342 Christchurch Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8XP
Received 3 May 2023Aveley House Arcany Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 3 May 2023Play Area Saladin Drive Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 3 May 202391 Drake Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6DR
Received 4 May 20233 Francisco Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6YD
Received 4 May 2023107 Humber Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5JT
Received 4 May 20231 Theobalds Avenue Grays Essex RM17 6SA
Received 4 May 20231 Theobalds Avenue Grays Essex RM17 6SA
Received 4 May 202386 King Edward Drive Grays Essex RM16 4AQ
Received 5 May 2023Waterworks High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JW
Received 5 May 2023Land Adjacent Masefield Road Properties Blackshots Stadium And 44 Stanford Road Grays Essex
Received 5 May 2023Crescent House 545 London Road South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4AD
Received 5 May 2023Chadwell Area Housing Office Linford Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4JY
Received 5 May 2023Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 5 May 2023Rosemary High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HY
Received 5 May 2023Leos 8 Rayleigh Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NE
Received 8 May 20235 Laird Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2NL
Received 8 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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