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.
3,304 approved · 607 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Belhouse Avenue Aveley Essex RM15 4BF
Received 28 Nov 2023Former Welfare Centre Ruskin Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 28 Nov 2023Church Cottages High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 29 Nov 2023Dummy Properties Outside Thurrock
Received 27 Nov 20231 Rogers Road Grays Essex RM17 5NU
Received 29 Nov 2023124 Abbotts Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7BP
Received 30 Nov 202364 Fairway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AJ
Received 30 Nov 2023Land At Thames View Farm And Hillcrest High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 30 Nov 202336 Dunlop Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7BE
Received 30 Nov 202347 Hedingham Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6BH
Received 30 Nov 2023DHL Central 4 Baltic Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9FF
Received 30 Nov 2023Telecommunications Mast 2 Arterial Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 30 Nov 202352 Whitehall Road Grays Essex RM17 5NX
Received 1 Dec 202317 Andersons Corringham Essex SS17 7HF
Received 1 Dec 202325 Orchard Drive Grays Essex RM17 5AE
Received 1 Dec 2023John F Hunt Plant Hire South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6RR
Received 1 Dec 20233 Buttell Close Grays Essex RM17 6UN
Received 4 Dec 2023Cafjem Robinson Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PU
Received 4 Dec 20232 The Limes Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1SH
Received 4 Dec 202363 Sabina Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4PN
Received 4 Dec 2023Units 35 B C And D Purfleet Industrial Park Juliet Way Purfleet-on-thames Essex
Received 4 Dec 202342 Kiln Way Grays Essex RM17 5JE
Received 4 Dec 202313 Crouch Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BX
Received 4 Dec 2023Robert Stephens 1A Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NH
Received 4 Dec 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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