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.
3,299 approved · 607 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
104 Purfleet Road Aveley Essex RM15 4EA
Received 20 Nov 202312 Byron Gardens Tilbury Essex RM18 8BD
Received 21 Nov 2023Arthur Bugler Primary School St James Avenue East Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7BQ
Received 16 Nov 202313 King George VI Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SL
Received 22 Nov 202380 London Road Grays Essex RM17 5YB
Received 22 Nov 202378 Dacre Crescent Aveley Essex RM15 4TU
Received 22 Nov 2023East Tilbury Primary School Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SB
Received 22 Nov 2023London Gateway Port Ltd The Administration Building London Gateway 1 London Gateway Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9DY
Received 23 Nov 2023100 Lenthall Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5AL
Received 23 Nov 2023Portland Lodge Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TJ
Received 23 Nov 202397 Malthouse Drive Grays Essex RM17 5FG
Received 23 Nov 202330 Windsor Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UB
Received 23 Nov 2023Tarmac Topblock Ltd Buckingham Hill Road Linford Essex SS17 0PR
Received 24 Nov 2023Tarmac Trading Ltd Buckingham Hill Road Linford Essex SS17 0PR
Received 24 Nov 202347 Sandpiper Close East Tilbury Essex RM18 8FA
Received 24 Nov 2023John F Hunt Plant Hire South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6RR
Received 24 Nov 202329 High Street Aveley Essex RM15 4BE
Received 24 Nov 2023Ikea Heron Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 3WJ
Received 27 Nov 2023Land Adjacent Masefield Road Properties Blackshots Stadium And 44 Stanford Road Grays Essex
Received 27 Nov 2023Hazelmere Albert Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3SB
Received 27 Nov 20236 Mallow Court Grays Essex RM17 6TT
Received 28 Nov 20231 Tunnel Cottages Purfleet Road Aveley Essex RM15 4DX
Received 28 Nov 2023Telecommunications Mast Pilgrims Lane North Stifford Grays Essex
Received 27 Nov 202345 King George VI Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SL
Received 28 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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