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.
3,238 approved · 597 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Northlands Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DL
Received 29 Jun 2023Tilbury Pioneer Academy Dickens Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8HJ
Received 29 Jun 2023Land Including Rear Of Hollow Cottages Former Cornwall House And North Of London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 29 Jun 2023Development Land East Of Caspian Way And North And South Of London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 29 Jun 2023Unit 255 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 29 Jun 2023The Warehouse East Thurrock Road Grays Essex RM17 6SP
Received 30 Jun 20231A Crowstone Road Grays Essex RM16 2SL
Received 30 Jun 2023Land Including Rear Of Hollow Cottages Former Cornwall House And North Of London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 26 Jun 2023Land At Far East Of Stanhope Industrial Park Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 30 Jun 20231 Kershaw Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RN
Received 30 Jun 2023St John's Church Victoria Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2RP
Received 3 Jul 2023161 Dudley Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NT
Received 3 Jul 2023Land Off Fen Lane And Medebridge Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 3 Jul 202321 Crofton Road Grays Essex RM16 2GY
Received 3 Jul 202386 Moore Avenue South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XW
Received 3 Jul 20237 Buckley Close Corringham Essex SS17 8JN
Received 3 Jul 202313 Elmstead Close Corringham Essex SS17 9EL
Received 3 Jul 2023Telecommunications Equipment Hays Network Distribution Arisdale Avenue South Ockendon Essex
Received 30 Jun 2023Greystead Parkers Farm Road Orsett Essex RM16 3HX
Received 3 Jul 2023Electricity Generating Plant Sandy Lane Aveley Essex
Received 3 Jul 2023Morrisons London Road Grays Essex RM17 5XZ
Received 3 Jul 2023C H Cole And Sons Old Station Yard Church Road West Tilbury Essex RM18 8QT
Received 3 Jul 20238 Wantz Cottages St Mary's Lane West Horndon Essex CM13 3HG
Received 3 Jul 202340 Heathland Way Grays Essex RM16 2DQ
Received 3 Jul 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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