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.
3,254 approved · 599 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Green Rectory Road West Tilbury Essex RM18 8UD
Received 31 Jul 2023Balgownie Farm Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TD
Received 31 Jul 2023138 Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 3AD
Received 31 Jul 2023The Rectory The Green Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0EP
Received 31 Jul 2023Telecommunications Mast 2 Hassenbrook Academy Hassenbrook Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 31 Jul 2023210 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM16 2TH
Received 31 Jul 2023Beardwell Construction 51 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NJ
Received 31 Jul 20237 Milton Road Grays Essex RM17 5EZ
Received 1 Aug 202318 Bermuda Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7DA
Received 1 Aug 20232 Simmons Place Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2XB
Received 31 Jul 2023424 London Road South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4AD
Received 31 Jul 2023Balgownie Farm Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TD
Received 1 Aug 20231 Ashley Gardens Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2LR
Received 1 Aug 202318 Founes Drive Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6DU
Received 1 Aug 202365 Meadow Road Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HB
Received 2 Aug 202326 St Michaels Close Aveley Essex RM15 4SZ
Received 2 Aug 20232 Crescent Walk Aveley Essex RM15 4HP
Received 2 Aug 2023Peartree Surgery 1 Peartree Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6PS
Received 2 Aug 202326 Bermuda Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7DA
Received 3 Aug 2023Fen Farm Cottages Fen Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3RH
Received 3 Aug 202310 - 12 Shearwater Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8DQ
Received 3 Aug 2023Land Adjacent Curling Lane Helleborine And Meesons Lane Grays Essex
Received 3 Aug 2023240 Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SB
Received 3 Aug 2023Land Adjacent Belhus Library Derry Avenue South Ockendon Essex
Received 3 Aug 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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