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.
3,338 approved · 611 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Manor Cottages Church Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3SJ
Received 25 Jan 20249 Medlar Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TS
Received 25 Jan 2024Linsteads House Orsett Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PW
Received 25 Jan 2024121 Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LH
Received 25 Jan 2024121 Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LH
Received 25 Jan 202430 Mary Rose Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6LY
Received 26 Jan 202485 Sachfield Drive Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6QW
Received 26 Jan 2024Zaara Tandoori 5 - 7 Broadway Tilbury Essex RM18 7BP
Received 29 Jan 202465 Curling Lane Grays Essex RM17 5JJ
Received 29 Jan 2024Land And Buildings 158 - 228 Teviot Avenue Aveley Essex
Received 29 Jan 2024Fen View Fen Lane Orsett Essex RM16 3LT
Received 29 Jan 2024National Westminster Bank 15 - 17 High Street Grays Essex RM17 6NB
Received 1 Feb 202491 Orsett Road Grays Essex RM17 5HA
Received 1 Feb 202410 Fairway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AA
Received 1 Feb 202412 Beckett Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DY
Received 1 Feb 2024The Crown And Anchor 43 High Street Aveley Essex RM15 4BB
Received 1 Feb 2024Bodell And Co Accountants 31 South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6NU
Received 1 Feb 2024Certas Energy Uk Ltd 1 Oliver Close West Thurrock Essex RM20 3ED
Received 5 Feb 202431 Priory Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7EW
Received 1 Feb 20241 Cedar Rise South Ockendon Essex RM15 6RB
Received 1 Feb 2024Danforth Argent Street Grays Essex RM17 6PH
Received 1 Feb 2024White Gates Church Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3RU
Received 1 Feb 202452 Fairfax Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7BB
Received 1 Feb 2024Dummy Properties Outside Thurrock
Received 1 Feb 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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