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.
3,331 approved · 608 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
263 Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2QD
Received 16 Jan 2024The Warehouse East Thurrock Road Grays Essex RM17 6SP
Received 16 Jan 20248 Hollow Cottages London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1QP
Received 15 Jan 2024Land At 520 London Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3BJ
Received 16 Jan 202410 Henry De Grey Close Grays Essex RM17 5GH
Received 16 Jan 20241 Rogers Road Grays Essex RM17 5NU
Received 17 Jan 2024Telecommunications Mast Pilgrims Lane North Stifford Grays Essex
Received 12 Jan 2024Land To The South Of National Grids Electrical Substation For New Cable Tunnel Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 16 Jan 2024Field Adjacent East Tilbury Junior School Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex
Received 17 Jan 202444 Wokindon Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4QT
Received 17 Jan 202451 Maunder Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6BW
Received 18 Jan 202445 Longhouse Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4RT
Received 18 Jan 202416 Brevet Close Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1RW
Received 18 Jan 202437 Thackeray Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8HS
Received 18 Jan 2024Orsett Stores 41 High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3ER
Received 18 Jan 20243 River View Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4DH
Received 19 Jan 2024Judds Farm Harrow Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3RE
Received 19 Jan 202464 Ruskin Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4HB
Received 19 Jan 2024Greenlawns 68 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8BH
Received 19 Jan 202451 Purfleet Road Aveley Essex RM15 4DR
Received 22 Jan 20249 Fourth Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3JJ
Received 22 Jan 202412 Orchard Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HS
Received 22 Jan 2024Linsteads House Orsett Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PW
Received 22 Jan 2024Brockhurst Villa Clockhouse Lane North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UR
Received 22 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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