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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.
3,235 approved · 597 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barnett Court Palmers Avenue Grays Essex
Received 26 Jun 20239 Hastings Close Grays Essex RM17 5FE
Received 27 Jun 2023213 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5PU
Received 27 Jun 202312 Douglas Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RB
Received 27 Jun 202329 Newburgh Road Grays Essex RM17 6UG
Received 27 Jun 202321 Bure East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SF
Received 27 Jun 202321 Bure East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SF
Received 27 Jun 20236 Prince Philip Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2BS
Received 27 Jun 202318 Conrad Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0AT
Received 27 Jun 2023Land And Buildings Ensign Estate Botany Way Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 27 Jun 2023Fobnobbing High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JB
Received 27 Jun 2023EDL Operations Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0RN
Received 27 Jun 202317 College Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5UN
Received 27 Jun 2023Stations Cars Premier House 2 Stanley Road Grays Essex RM17 6QW
Received 28 Jun 2023Baker Street Mills Stifford Clays Road Orsett Essex RM16 3LX
Received 28 Jun 202321 Russel Road Grays Essex RM17 5JX
Received 28 Jun 20237 Bann Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 5QT
Received 28 Jun 2023Grays Convent High School College Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5UX
Received 28 Jun 2023Land Adjacent Plot D Storage Yard Stanhope Industrial Park Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 28 Jun 202312 St James Avenue East Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7BQ
Received 28 Jun 2023Grays Park Centre And Former Adult Community College Richmond Road Grays Essex
Received 28 Jun 2023Sub Station Tilbury Power Station Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 27 Jun 20237 Blackthorne Close Bulphan Essex RM14 3ED
Received 29 Jun 2023Unit 1 Kent Road Grays Essex RM17 6DF
Received 29 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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