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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.
3,227 approved · 593 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Celandine Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6JA
Received 25 May 202310 Lyndhurst Road Corringham Essex SS17 7SJ
Received 26 May 20239 Catharine Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6QH
Received 26 May 202311 Allenby Crescent Grays Essex RM17 6DH
Received 26 May 202318 Orchard Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HB
Received 26 May 202344 Nethan Drive Aveley Essex RM15 4RJ
Received 29 May 202318 Cartel Close Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1RZ
Received 29 May 202394 Ruskin Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4HD
Received 29 May 2023Oil Tank Demolition Site Thames Enterprise Park The Manorway Coryton Essex
Received 29 May 2023Land Adjacent Fen Farm Judds Farm And Part Of Bulphan Fen Harrow Lane Bulphan Essex
Received 30 May 202336 Toplands Avenue Aveley Essex RM15 4EH
Received 30 May 2023Premier Panel Experts 1A London Road Aveley Essex RM15 4XU
Received 30 May 2023Berth 40A Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7EH
Received 30 May 202363 Laird Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2NL
Received 30 May 2023R G Foods Unit 5 Capstan Centre Thurrock Park Way Tilbury Essex RM18 7HH
Received 31 May 202369 High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3HB
Received 31 May 2023Unit 255 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 31 May 2023Treetops School Buxton Road Grays Essex RM16 2WU
Received 1 Jun 2023Redberry Rectory Road Orsett Essex RM16 3JU
Received 1 Jun 20232 Rookery Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0LS
Received 2 Jun 202337 Medlar Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TS
Received 1 Jun 2023Land Adjacent Gammon Stables Farmhouse Baker Street Orsett Essex
Received 2 Jun 20231 Boyce Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8QN
Received 2 Jun 202316 Gordon Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8NP
Received 2 Jun 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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