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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.
3,222 approved · 591 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Grifon Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RJ
Received 9 May 2023Berth 40A Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7EH
Received 5 May 2023162 South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6BX
Received 9 May 202355 Queen Elizabeth Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SP
Received 9 May 2023Brooklyn Kennels Black Bush Lane Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PT
Received 9 May 2023Development Land East Of Caspian Way And North And South Of London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 9 May 20238 St Johns Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4JU
Received 9 May 2023Wick Place Cottage Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TJ
Received 10 May 2023107 Parsonage Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 4AJ
Received 10 May 2023Land Adjacent 107 Humber Avenue South Ockendon Essex
Received 10 May 202314 Edinburgh Mews Tilbury Essex RM18 8EN
Received 10 May 2023Fen Farm Cottages Fen Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3RH
Received 10 May 2023The Stables Chadwell Hill Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4DL
Received 11 May 20231 Ashley Gardens Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2LR
Received 11 May 2023KFC 6 - 8 High Street Grays Essex RM17 6LU
Received 11 May 202316 Melbourne Road Tilbury Essex
Received 11 May 20231 Hutson Terrace London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1SB
Received 12 May 2023246 Romford Road Aveley Essex RM15 4PH
Received 12 May 20236 Cooke Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6EE
Received 12 May 2023Arden View High Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8LB
Received 11 May 20231 Hutson Terrace London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1SB
Received 12 May 20231 Hutson Terrace London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1SB
Received 12 May 2023123 Wallace Road Grays Essex RM17 5BB
Received 12 May 202334 Lenmore Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5NZ
Received 12 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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