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.
3,257 approved · 600 refused · 104 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
170 Cherwell Grove South Ockendon Essex RM15 6AH
Received 3 Aug 202314 Love Lane Aveley Essex
Received 4 Aug 20233 - 6 Garrison Parade Saladin Drive Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1ST
Received 4 Aug 202325 Hill House Drive Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4DS
Received 4 Aug 2023Tesco Cygnet View West Thurrock Essex RM20 1TX
Received 4 Aug 2023207 Danbury Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5XB
Received 7 Aug 202310 Erriff Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AW
Received 7 Aug 2023Land Adjacent And East Of M25 And North Of Stifford Road Aveley Essex
Received 7 Aug 202339 Scott Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4ED
Received 8 Aug 2023Grass Verge Adjacent 19 Oliver Close West Thurrock Essex
Received 8 Aug 20236 High Road North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UE
Received 8 Aug 202325 Camden Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PY
Received 8 Aug 2023Land To Rear Of Caldwell Road Kingsman Road And Adjacent To A1013 Stanford Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 8 Aug 2023Portland Lodge Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TJ
Received 8 Aug 2023163 Limeslade Close Corringham Essex SS17 7JY
Received 9 Aug 2023Gables Farm Waterworks Lane Fobbing Essex SS17 9HX
Received 31 Jul 202316 High View Gardens Grays Essex RM17 6TD
Received 10 Aug 202368 Stanford Gardens Aveley Essex RM15 4BU
Received 10 Aug 2023Silver Birch 11 Warren Heights Grays Essex RM16 6YH
Received 10 Aug 202326 Waverley Gardens Grays Essex RM16 2TJ
Received 10 Aug 2023Part Of Land Adjacent The Paddock And Nutoi Park Gate Road Corringham Essex
Received 9 Aug 2023Woodside Academy Grangewood Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2GJ
Received 10 Aug 20232 Church View High Road North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UE
Received 10 Aug 2023Plots 4 And 9 Watson Close West Thurrock Essex
Received 11 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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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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