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.
3,245 approved · 597 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Chadwell Road Grays Essex RM17 5SY
Received 13 Jul 2023Land Adjacent Fen Farm Judds Farm And Part Of Bulphan Fen Harrow Lane Bulphan Essex
Received 13 Jul 202358 Bruces Wharf Road Grays Essex RM17 6PF
Received 13 Jul 2023Hathaway Secondhand 1 Kingston Parade Hathaway Road Grays Essex RM17 5LG
Received 13 Jul 20234 Chiddicks Court Arcany Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 5FF
Received 13 Jul 2023Red House Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TD
Received 14 Jul 2023Telecommunications Mast And Equipment Cabinet Dock Road Grays Essex
Received 12 Jul 2023Prosbus Hall High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JH
Received 13 Jul 2023Oxley House High Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8LF
Received 14 Jul 20236 Rayleigh Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NE
Received 14 Jul 2023198 Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2PU
Received 14 Jul 202311 Perry Way Aveley Essex RM15 4RD
Received 17 Jul 20237 Milton Road Grays Essex RM17 5EZ
Received 17 Jul 20238 Lavender Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TH
Received 17 Jul 202335 Charlton Street South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XU
Received 17 Jul 202334 Severn Road Aveley Essex RM15 4NR
Received 17 Jul 2023211 Danbury Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5XB
Received 17 Jul 202317 Brevet Close Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1RW
Received 17 Jul 202338 Toronto Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7RP
Received 18 Jul 202358 Beechcroft Avenue Linford Essex SS17 0RR
Received 18 Jul 2023Thurrock Learning Campus High Street Grays Essex RM17 6TF
Received 18 Jul 2023Sunnyside Inglefield Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HW
Received 18 Jul 202333 Sunliner Way South Ockendon Essex RM15 5FS
Received 18 Jul 2023HSN Builders Merchant & DIY 7 - 9 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NH
Received 19 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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