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.
3,327 approved · 608 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bulphan Service Station Elmdale Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3SS
Received 27 Dec 20236 Gabriel Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NL
Received 27 Dec 2023Haven Stanford Road Orsett Essex RM16 3BX
Received 29 Dec 20237 Culford Road Grays Essex RM16 2SS
Received 29 Dec 202339 College Road Grays Essex RM17 5PB
Received 29 Dec 202311 Elm Road Aveley Essex RM15 4SX
Received 29 Dec 202322 Crowstone Road Grays Essex RM16 2SR
Received 1 Jan 2024Ebenezer House 3 Russel Road Grays Essex RM17 5JX
Received 1 Jan 2024The Post House Rectory Road West Tilbury Essex RM18 8UD
Received 29 Dec 2023The Post House Rectory Road West Tilbury Essex RM18 8UD
Received 29 Dec 202345 Giffords Cross Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7NH
Received 2 Jan 202412 Lowlands Road Aveley Essex RM15 4ED
Received 2 Jan 2024Little Belhus House Little Belhus Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 5BQ
Received 3 Jan 2024Electricity Distribution Site Rainbow Lane Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 4 Jan 2024Alistair Farquharson Centre Thurrock Community Hospital Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2PX
Received 4 Jan 2024Walton Hall Farm Waltons Hall Road Linford Essex SS17 0RH
Received 5 Jan 2024Viewforth Fairfield Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2LS
Received 5 Jan 202478 Dacre Crescent Aveley Essex RM15 4TU
Received 5 Jan 2024Land Adjacent Greenacre Orsett Road Horndon On The Hill Essex
Received 5 Jan 202428 Windsor Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UB
Received 5 Jan 202470 Whitehall Road Grays Essex RM17 5NX
Received 8 Jan 202454 Connaught Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2XX
Received 8 Jan 202435 Premier Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2SB
Received 8 Jan 202416 Annalee Gardens South Ockendon Essex RM15 5DF
Received 8 Jan 2024Records 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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