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3,327 approved · 608 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 - 23 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6QA
Received 8 Jan 202451 Queen Elizabeth Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SP
Received 8 Jan 202436 Rosedale Road Grays Essex RM17 6AB
Received 8 Jan 202416 The Close Grays Essex RM16 2XU
Received 8 Jan 20245 Adams Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0AY
Received 9 Jan 20247 Catharine Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6QH
Received 9 Jan 2024Thames Industrial Park Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex
Received 9 Jan 2024Telecommunications Mast 2 Arterial Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 8 Jan 2024Alistair Farquharson Centre Thurrock Community Hospital Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2PX
Received 9 Jan 2024Elite Dental Studio 14 Civic Square Tilbury Essex RM18 8AD
Received 11 Jan 2024Land Adjacent Greenacre Orsett Road Horndon On The Hill Essex
Received 11 Jan 202492 Chelmer Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 6EE
Received 11 Jan 2024226 South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6BS
Received 12 Jan 2024226 South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6BS
Received 12 Jan 20247 Leicester Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7AX
Received 12 Jan 202449 St Johns Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4JU
Received 15 Jan 2024Telecommunications Mast Pilgrims Lane North Stifford Grays Essex
Received 11 Jan 2024Land Adjacent 43 And To Rear Of 45 To 47 River View Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 15 Jan 202456 Central Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7NG
Received 15 Jan 2024Fen View 71 High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3HB
Received 15 Jan 2024Little Thurrock Primary School Rectory Road Grays Essex RM17 5SW
Received 15 Jan 202431 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8AZ
Received 15 Jan 202428 Parnell Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6BQ
Received 15 Jan 20243 Garth Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6QU
Received 16 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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