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.
3,252 approved · 599 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kenningtons Primary Academy Tamar Drive Aveley Essex RM15 4NB
Received 24 Jul 2023The White House Purfleet Bypass Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1TT
Received 24 Jul 2023The Laurels Lower Dunton Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8QD
Received 24 Jul 2023Thames View News 32 River View Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BJ
Received 24 Jul 2023Grass Verge Adjacent 19 Oliver Close West Thurrock Essex
Received 24 Jul 2023Land Adjacent Cliff House Meesons Lane Grays Essex
Received 25 Jul 202389 Erriff Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AZ
Received 25 Jul 2023Treetops School Buxton Road Grays Essex RM16 2WU
Received 26 Jul 202310 Henry De Grey Close Grays Essex RM17 5GH
Received 25 Jul 2023Telecommunications Mast And Equipment Cabinet Dock Road Grays Essex
Received 26 Jul 20236 Derwent Parade South Ockendon Essex RM15 5EE
Received 26 Jul 2023Tilbury Pioneer Academy Dickens Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8HJ
Received 27 Jul 202315 Bata Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SD
Received 27 Jul 2023Moto Hospitality Ltd Thurrock Services Arterial Road West Thurrock Essex RM16 3BG
Received 27 Jul 202358 Queen Elizabeth Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SP
Received 28 Jul 2023Land At Far East Of Stanhope Industrial Park Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 28 Jul 2023Tilbury Football Club St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8NL
Received 28 Jul 2023Land Adjoining The Haven Grosvenor Road Orsett Essex
Received 28 Jul 2023Tilbury Football Club St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8NL
Received 28 Jul 2023Tilbury Football Club St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8NL
Received 28 Jul 2023Tilbury Football Club St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8NL
Received 28 Jul 2023Tilbury Football Club St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8NL
Received 28 Jul 2023Tilbury Football Club St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8NL
Received 28 Jul 2023Tilbury Football Club St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8NL
Received 28 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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