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.
3,240 approved · 597 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eagle News 6 Grover Walk Corringham Essex SS17 7LY
Received 6 Jul 2023Star Boy Grill 64 Orsett Road Grays Essex RM17 5EH
Received 7 Jul 2023Grays Central Library Thameside Complex Orsett Road Grays Essex RM17 5DX
Received 6 Jul 2023Telecommunications Mast Stanford House Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex
Received 6 Jul 2023Land South Of Marsh Farm Marsh Lane Fobbing Essex
Received 7 Jul 202350 Morant Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4UA
Received 7 Jul 202318 Stuart Road Grays Essex RM17 5HX
Received 10 Jul 2023162 Daiglen Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AL
Received 10 Jul 20238 Mackley Drive Corringham Essex SS17 7SH
Received 10 Jul 202334 Lenmore Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5NZ
Received 10 Jul 2023Land Adjacent Harrington Crescent Birchfield Elvin Drive And Guardian Avenue North Stifford Grays Essex
Received 7 Jul 2023Land Adjacent Masefield Road Properties Blackshots Stadium And 44 Stanford Road Grays Essex
Received 10 Jul 2023162 Daiglen Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AL
Received 10 Jul 2023Reduit 24 King Edward Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0EF
Received 10 Jul 202313 Crouch Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BX
Received 10 Jul 2023Welfare Centre Ruskin Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BD
Received 11 Jul 2023Harris Academy Riverside London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1QY
Received 11 Jul 202310 Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4UP
Received 12 Jul 202318 Button Road Grays Essex RM17 5HE
Received 12 Jul 2023Malise High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JB
Received 12 Jul 2023Tilbury Football Club St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8NL
Received 12 Jul 2023Orsett Fruit Farm Orsett Road Horndon On The Hill Essex RM16 3BH
Received 12 Jul 202324 Stifford Clays Road Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2DU
Received 13 Jul 2023Crosswinds High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JB
Received 13 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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