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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.
3,295 approved · 605 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Balmoral Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7PB
Received 15 Nov 2023Highfield Cottage Moss Acre Lower Dunton Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8QD
Received 15 Nov 202362 Conway Gardens Grays Essex RM17 6HG
Received 16 Nov 20232 Ashley Gardens Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2LR
Received 16 Nov 2023CBS Furnishings 10 - 12 Cromwell Road Grays Essex RM17 5HF
Received 17 Nov 2023Clock Tower Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex
Received 16 Nov 202318 Chestnut Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UJ
Received 17 Nov 202341 Fairway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AJ
Received 16 Nov 202338 Ruskin Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4HB
Received 20 Nov 202312 Woodward Close Grays Essex RM17 5RP
Received 20 Nov 2023Viewforth Fairfield Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2LS
Received 20 Nov 202310 Chestnut Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UJ
Received 20 Nov 202311 Tennyson Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RG
Received 20 Nov 202318 Prior Chase Grays Essex RM17 5HL
Received 20 Nov 2023Land Adjacent Wood View And Chadwell Road Grays Essex
Received 20 Nov 2023Land Adjacent Wood View And Chadwell Road Grays Essex
Received 20 Nov 2023Land Adjacent Wood View And Chadwell Road Grays Essex
Received 20 Nov 2023Land Adjacent Wood View And Chadwell Road Grays Essex
Received 20 Nov 2023Land Adjacent Wood View And Chadwell Road Grays Essex
Received 20 Nov 2023Land Adjacent Wood View And Chadwell Road Grays Essex
Received 20 Nov 2023Land And Buildings Collingwood Farm Brentwood Road Orsett Essex
Received 20 Nov 202332 Moore Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8DP
Received 20 Nov 2023The Elms College Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5UN
Received 21 Nov 202312 St James Avenue East Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7BQ
Received 21 Nov 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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