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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.
3,239 approved · 597 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Jenningham Drive Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2DX
Received 4 Jul 2023Land Off Fen Lane And Medebridge Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 4 Jul 2023Central 5 North Sea Crossing Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9ER
Received 26 Jun 2023Procter & Gamble Product Supply (Uk) Ltd Hedley Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 4AL
Received 4 Jul 2023Orsett Show Ground Ltd Orsett Showground Rectory Road Orsett Essex
Received 4 Jul 2023Walton Hall Waltons Hall Road Linford Essex SS17 0RH
Received 4 Jul 2023Silverdale Horndon Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PD
Received 4 Jul 2023Land At Thames View Farm And Hillcrest High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 5 Jul 2023Land At Thames View Farm And Hillcrest High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 5 Jul 2023Land At Thames View Farm And Hillcrest High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 5 Jul 2023Land At Thames View Farm And Hillcrest High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 5 Jul 2023Land At Thames View Farm And Hillcrest High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 5 Jul 2023Land At Thames View Farm And Hillcrest High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 5 Jul 2023Land At Thames View Farm And Hillcrest High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 5 Jul 2023Land At Thames View Farm And Hillcrest High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 5 Jul 2023Land At Thames View Farm And Hillcrest High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 5 Jul 202312 Gardner Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7SE
Received 5 Jul 2023The Royal Hotel London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1QA
Received 5 Jul 202346 Silverdale East Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8BQ
Received 5 Jul 20239 High View Gardens Grays Essex RM17 6TD
Received 6 Jul 2023100 Lenthall Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5AL
Received 6 Jul 20237 The Spinney Orsett Essex RM16 3EJ
Received 6 Jul 2023The Cottage Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TD
Received 6 Jul 2023Eagle News 6 Grover Walk Corringham Essex SS17 7LY
Received 6 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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