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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.
3,224 approved · 592 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fobnobbing High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JB
Received 12 May 2023100 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM16 2YD
Received 15 May 202394 Danbury Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5XF
Received 15 May 202325 Byron Gardens Tilbury Essex RM18 8BB
Received 15 May 202317 Pembroke Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7PN
Received 15 May 2023121B South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6NP
Received 15 May 202311 River View Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4DH
Received 16 May 2023H W Wilson 2 South Parade South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6BT
Received 16 May 2023H W Wilson 2 South Parade South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6BT
Received 16 May 202313 Fairway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AA
Received 17 May 2023Esso Service Station Arterial Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1TS
Received 17 May 202380 Bramleys Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8AG
Received 17 May 202373 Prince Philip Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2BX
Received 17 May 20235 Bonham Grange Church Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3BJ
Received 17 May 20239 Buckley Close Corringham Essex SS17 8JN
Received 17 May 2023Land And Buildings Collingwood Farm Brentwood Road Orsett Essex
Received 17 May 202352 Norfolk Place Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6DE
Received 17 May 2023C Ro Ports London Ltd C Ro Ports London Long Reach House London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1PD
Received 18 May 20235 Shelford Close Orsett Essex RM16 3HN
Received 19 May 2023Dummy Properties Outside Thurrock
Received 17 May 202363 Sabina Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4PN
Received 19 May 2023Development Land East Of Caspian Way And North And South Of London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 18 May 20231 Ashley Gardens Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2LR
Received 22 May 202323 Larkswood Road Corringham Essex SS17 9DF
Received 22 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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