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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.
3,259 approved · 600 refused · 104 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Feenan Highway Tilbury Essex RM18 8ER
Received 17 Aug 2023Telecommunications Mast And Equipment Cabinet Derry Avenue South Ockendon Essex
Received 16 Aug 2023A Share And Sons Unit D2D Lakeside Retail Park West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 1WN
Received 17 Aug 2023Managers Accommodation The Ship Inn 470 London Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 4AR
Received 16 Aug 2023Managers Accommodation The Ship Inn 470 London Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 4AR
Received 16 Aug 2023Telecommunications Mast And Equipment Cabinet Dock Road Grays Essex
Received 17 Aug 2023Bodell And Co Accountants 31 South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6NU
Received 17 Aug 2023North 4 North Sea Crossing Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9ER
Received 18 Aug 202338 Triumph Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RQ
Received 18 Aug 2023Glenthorne Gordon Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8NH
Received 21 Aug 2023Telecommunications Mast And Equipment Cabinet Derry Avenue South Ockendon Essex
Received 21 Aug 202345 Ward Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RW
Received 21 Aug 2023Land Rear Of 42-44 Fairview Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 21 Aug 2023Land Adjacent Church Hollow To Rear Of Hollow Cottages And North Of London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 23 Aug 2023Land Including Rear Of Hollow Cottages Former Cornwall House And North Of London Road Purfleet-on-Thames Essex
Received 23 Aug 202328 - 30 Derry Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5DZ
Received 23 Aug 20232 Deveron Gardens South Ockendon Essex RM15 5ET
Received 23 Aug 2023285 Southend Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8HL
Received 23 Aug 202311 Wood View Grays Essex RM16 2WJ
Received 23 Aug 202370 Chestnut Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UJ
Received 23 Aug 202348 Dacre Crescent Aveley Essex RM15 4TU
Received 24 Aug 20234 Manor Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NY
Received 24 Aug 2023141A Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LH
Received 24 Aug 2023Unit 255 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 24 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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