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.
3,349 approved · 612 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Prosbus Hall High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JH
Received 14 Feb 2024C Hockley Ltd 71A Victoria Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0HZ
Received 13 Feb 2024148 Bridge Road Grays Essex RM17 6DB
Received 14 Feb 202442 Church Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7AJ
Received 14 Feb 202472 Camden Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PY
Received 14 Feb 20245 The Paddocks Rectory Road Orsett Essex RM16 3AE
Received 14 Feb 2024Desi 59 Orsett Road Grays Essex RM17 5HJ
Received 14 Feb 2024223 Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LP
Received 15 Feb 20249 Halt Drive Linford Essex SS17 0QZ
Received 15 Feb 202495 South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6NR
Received 15 Feb 2024Convent Of Mercy Scratton Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0PA
Received 15 Feb 2024Baldwins Farm Dennises Lane Upminster Essex RM14 2XB
Received 15 Feb 2024Greenwise Nurseries Vange Park Road Vange Essex SS16 5LA
Received 16 Feb 20241 Northlands Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DL
Received 16 Feb 202413 Sartoria Close West Thurrock Essex RM20 3BA
Received 16 Feb 2024Fen Farm Cottages Fen Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3RH
Received 16 Feb 202490 Rectory Road Grays Essex RM17 6AA
Received 16 Feb 202432 Barstable Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NX
Received 19 Feb 2024210 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM16 2TH
Received 19 Feb 202435 Crofton Road Grays Essex RM16 2GY
Received 19 Feb 202435 Crofton Road Grays Essex RM16 2GY
Received 19 Feb 2024No 5 Powder Magazine Centurion Way Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1ZZ
Received 19 Feb 2024La Casa High Road North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UE
Received 19 Feb 2024Orient Fish Bar 14 Corringham Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0AH
Received 19 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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