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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.
3,264 approved · 600 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 255 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 24 Aug 2023Former Ford Motor Company Arisdale Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5SJ
Received 24 Aug 2023Former Ford Motor Company Arisdale Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5SJ
Received 24 Aug 2023Highfield Cottage Moss Acre Lower Dunton Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8QD
Received 24 Aug 2023Leos 8 Rayleigh Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NE
Received 24 Aug 202313 Fairway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AA
Received 25 Aug 2023192E Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LL
Received 28 Aug 202331 Priory Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7EW
Received 28 Aug 202333 Chelmer Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 6EE
Received 28 Aug 2023Brockhurst Villa Clockhouse Lane North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UR
Received 28 Aug 2023Unit 255 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 29 Aug 2023Unit 255 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 29 Aug 202358 Oakway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HR
Received 25 Aug 20236 Brennan Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8AJ
Received 30 Aug 202334 Digby Road Corringham Essex SS17 9BS
Received 30 Aug 202310 Feenan Highway Tilbury Essex RM18 8JJ
Received 30 Aug 2023Telecommunications Mast Chadwell Place Farm Chadwell Bypass Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 29 Aug 20236 Halt Drive Linford Essex SS17 0QZ
Received 30 Aug 2023145 River View Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BA
Received 30 Aug 2023363 Danbury Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5XD
Received 30 Aug 2023263 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5PR
Received 30 Aug 2023263 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5PR
Received 30 Aug 20231 Gunning Road Grays Essex RM17 6UQ
Received 31 Aug 202348 Digby Road Corringham Essex SS17 9BT
Received 31 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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