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.
3,232 approved · 596 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Grantham Way Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2XJ
Received 15 Jun 2023Electricity Pole Purfleet Road Aveley Essex
Received 15 Jun 2023174 Danbury Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5XE
Received 15 Jun 2023219 Danbury Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5XB
Received 15 Jun 202333 Charlton Street South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XU
Received 15 Jun 2023NTS Building London Gateway Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9DY
Received 13 Jun 202360 King George Vi Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SL
Received 16 Jun 2023Ringsfield 6 West Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6BL
Received 16 Jun 2023Innovation And Technology Centre Land Adjacent Vopak Oil Terminal Burnley Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 16 Jun 2023Hill Haven Farm Lion Hill Fobbing Essex SS17 9JR
Received 16 Jun 202314 Parkside Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8DT
Received 19 Jun 2023179 Garron Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5LA
Received 19 Jun 202353 Purfleet Road Aveley Essex RM15 4DR
Received 19 Jun 2023Sports Ground And Former Firemans Club Purfleet Road Aveley Essex
Received 16 Jun 202311 Fairway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AA
Received 19 Jun 2023Sejant House Bridge Road Grays Essex
Received 19 Jun 202318 Bellmaine Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7TB
Received 19 Jun 202361 Lenmore Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5NY
Received 20 Jun 2023Stanford Motel 225 Southend Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7AB
Received 20 Jun 20238 Medlar Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TS
Received 20 Jun 202314 Trent East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SU
Received 20 Jun 2023Alcott Oxford Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PX
Received 20 Jun 20231 Grover Walk Corringham Essex SS17 7LU
Received 16 Jun 2023Wick Place Cottage Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TJ
Received 20 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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