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.
3,248 approved · 599 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cladding UK Ltd 12 London Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0LL
Received 19 Jul 2023Land Adjacent Sandown Road Collingwood Farm Quarry And East Quarry Stanford Road Orsett Essex
Received 12 Jul 2023Robert Stephens 1A Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NH
Received 19 Jul 2023440 London Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 4AR
Received 19 Jul 202351 Cherwell Grove South Ockendon Essex RM15 6AX
Received 19 Jul 202380 London Road Grays Essex RM17 5YB
Received 19 Jul 202380 London Road Grays Essex RM17 5YB
Received 19 Jul 2023Prosbus Hall High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JH
Received 19 Jul 20235 Sussex Terrace London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1QU
Received 20 Jul 202348 Laburnum Grove South Ockendon Essex RM15 6RA
Received 20 Jul 202372 Fobbing Road Corringham Essex SS17 9BN
Received 20 Jul 202322 Gilbert Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NR
Received 20 Jul 2023Premier Panel Experts Millennium House Units 21 And 23 Thurrock Commercial Centre Juliet Way Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM15 4YA
Received 21 Jul 202322 Adstock Way Grays Essex RM17 5EG
Received 21 Jul 2023Land Adjacent 664 To 666 London Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 18 Jul 202355 Queen Elizabeth Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SP
Received 21 Jul 2023Garage Site Lyndhurst Road Corringham Essex
Received 21 Jul 20231 Comfrey Court Grays Essex RM17 6TN
Received 21 Jul 2023Redberry Rectory Road Orsett Essex RM16 3JU
Received 21 Jul 202325 Wood Avenue Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1TL
Received 21 Jul 2023212 Gilbert Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NW
Received 24 Jul 2023115 Francisco Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6YE
Received 24 Jul 202318 Wood Avenue Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1TL
Received 24 Jul 2023163 Limeslade Close Corringham Essex SS17 7JY
Received 24 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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