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.
3,350 approved · 612 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Telecommunications Mast And Cabinet Brentwood Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 16 Feb 2024Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Station Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8QR
Received 19 Feb 2024Coryton Energy Co Ltd Coryton Power Station The Manorway Coryton Essex SS17 9GN
Received 5 Feb 2024Greenwise Nurseries Vange Park Road Vange Essex SS16 5LA
Received 19 Feb 2024Jump Giants Unit B3 B4 And B5 J31 Park Motherwell Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 3XD
Received 19 Feb 2024Telecommunications Mast Tasmania House Hobart Road Tilbury Essex
Received 20 Feb 2024White Gates Church Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3RU
Received 20 Feb 2024East Tilbury Primary School Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SB
Received 20 Feb 2024Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Station Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8QR
Received 15 Feb 20246 Windsor Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UB
Received 20 Feb 2024Land Adjacent A13 At Orsett Cock Roundabout Brentwood Road Orsett Essex
Received 20 Feb 2024Telecommunications Mast Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex
Received 21 Feb 2024Sunnyside Inglefield Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HW
Received 21 Feb 2024A G Young & Son Curtis Farm High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JJ
Received 21 Feb 20248 St Patricks Place Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4NP
Received 21 Feb 2024Land Opposite No 5 Annabell Avenue Orsett Essex
Received 21 Feb 202457 Dukes Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5AG
Received 21 Feb 2024Brockhurst Villa Clockhouse Lane North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UR
Received 21 Feb 20242 Cliff Place South Ockendon Essex RM15 6QR
Received 22 Feb 2024Valetta Muckingford Road West Tilbury Essex RM18 8TS
Received 22 Feb 202437 Bridge Road Grays Essex RM17 6BU
Received 22 Feb 2024Sunnyside House 130 High Street Aveley Essex RM15 4BX
Received 22 Feb 202486 King Edward Drive Grays Essex RM16 4AQ
Received 22 Feb 2024Moto Hospitality Ltd Thurrock Services Arterial Road West Thurrock Essex RM16 3BG
Received 23 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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