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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.
3,321 approved · 608 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
36 Lenthall Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5AT
Received 18 Dec 2023Tesco Cygnet View West Thurrock Essex RM20 1TX
Received 18 Dec 202390 Rectory Road Grays Essex RM17 6AA
Received 18 Dec 202319 Perry Way Aveley Essex RM15 4RD
Received 18 Dec 2023Mission Hall Bells Hill Road Vange Essex SS16 5JY
Received 18 Dec 202320 Nicolas Walk Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4TJ
Received 18 Dec 202348 Francisco Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6YD
Received 18 Dec 2023Highway Land Adjacent Subway Lance Corporal Nicky Mason Way Aveley Essex
Received 15 Dec 2023East Tilbury Primary School Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SB
Received 18 Dec 2023Land To Rear Of Conifers Brentwood Road And Adjacent Orchard House Peartree Lane Bulphan Essex
Received 18 Dec 2023Land Adjacent 24 Broadhope Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 18 Dec 2023Unit 200 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 19 Dec 2023Arthur Bugler Primary School St James Avenue East Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7BQ
Received 19 Dec 2023Made.Com Design Ltd North 3 Channel Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9FJ
Received 20 Dec 2023Land Adjacent Dell Road And Orsett Road Grays Essex
Received 20 Dec 202313 Sartoria Close West Thurrock Essex RM20 3BA
Received 20 Dec 2023Land North Of Sub Station (Major) Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex
Received 20 Dec 20235 Belmont Road Grays Essex RM17 5YJ
Received 21 Dec 2023Costco Wholesale West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 3WY
Received 21 Dec 202324 Andrea Avenue Grays Essex RM16 6RD
Received 22 Dec 2023Land To The South Of National Grids Electrical Substation For New Cable Tunnel Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 22 Dec 2023Land Adjacent Aquatic Lodge Robinson Road Horndon On The Hill Essex
Received 22 Dec 2023The Green Rectory Road West Tilbury Essex RM18 8UD
Received 25 Dec 2023115 Stifford Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6EP
Received 26 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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