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.
3,313 approved · 608 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Mollands Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 6DB
Received 4 Dec 2023210 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM16 2TH
Received 4 Dec 2023Grain Store Langdon Hall Farm Land Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex
Received 4 Dec 2023Land Adjacent 120 Quebec Road And Sports Court Christchurch Road Tilbury Essex
Received 4 Dec 2023Land West Of Park Lane And North Of Lance Corporal Nicky Mason Way Aveley Essex
Received 4 Dec 2023Shea International 31 King Street Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0HJ
Received 4 Dec 2023Land At 1 High Street And 1 To 6 The Green Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 4 Dec 202347 Chichester Close Aveley Essex RM15 4TA
Received 4 Dec 20233 Garth Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6QU
Received 5 Dec 202349 Ward Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RW
Received 5 Dec 2023150 Garron Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5JX
Received 5 Dec 2023Jemaine 3 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8AZ
Received 5 Dec 2023The Village Southend Road Corringham Essex
Received 5 Dec 2023Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 5 Dec 2023Grays Shopping Centre High Street Grays Essex
Received 5 Dec 2023Land Adjacent Etheldale And High Hopes Kirkham Road Horndon On The Hill Essex
Received 5 Dec 2023Rose Briar Lower Dunton Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8QF
Received 5 Dec 20238 Jubilee Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3BT
Received 5 Dec 202337 Welling Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DW
Received 6 Dec 2023Land Adjacent 1 To 21 Kings Parade King Street Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 6 Dec 2023Land Adjacent 57 To 89 St Johns Way Corringham Essex
Received 6 Dec 202358 River View Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BJ
Received 6 Dec 20232 Daltons Shaw Orsett Essex RM16 3GY
Received 6 Dec 202364 Fairway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AJ
Received 7 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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