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.
3,315 approved · 608 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Claudian Way Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4QD
Received 7 Dec 202326 Claudian Way Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4QD
Received 7 Dec 202326 Claudian Way Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4QD
Received 7 Dec 2023Whiteheath Farm Road Orsett Essex RM16 3AH
Received 7 Dec 2023Naiad Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TD
Received 8 Dec 20233 Syringa Court Grays Essex RM17 6XA
Received 8 Dec 202359 South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6NS
Received 8 Dec 202311 Barrett Way Aveley Essex RM15 4DE
Received 11 Dec 20231 Callan Grove South Ockendon Essex RM15 5PW
Received 11 Dec 2023Thameside Primary School Manor Road Grays Essex RM17 6EF
Received 16 Nov 2023Coalhouse Fort Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8PB
Received 12 Dec 2023Telecommunications Mast Chadwell Place Farm Chadwell Bypass Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 12 Dec 20238 Russel Road Grays Essex RM17 5JX
Received 14 Dec 202312 Marshfoot Close Aveley Essex RM15 4DW
Received 14 Dec 2023Valetta Muckingford Road West Tilbury Essex RM18 8TS
Received 14 Dec 2023Valetta Muckingford Road West Tilbury Essex RM18 8TS
Received 14 Dec 202363 Calshot Avenue Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NS
Received 14 Dec 2023Anne Mullen Vet Clinic 106 High Street Aveley Essex RM15 4BX
Received 14 Dec 2023170 Cherwell Grove South Ockendon Essex RM15 6AH
Received 14 Dec 2023Tarmac Topblock Ltd Buckingham Hill Road Linford Essex SS17 0PR
Received 14 Dec 202364B Cruick Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 6EL
Received 15 Dec 2023Aveley Football Club Park Lane Aveley Essex RM15 4PX
Received 15 Dec 2023Land At Blue House Farm Brentwood Road West Horndon Essex
Received 15 Dec 2023Land Adjacent Adstock Way Pagette Way Bankfoot And Hogg Lane Grays Essex
Received 15 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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