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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Thurrock Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,351 approved · 612 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
North House Goldsmiths South Hill Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6JB
Received 23 Feb 202410 Marshfoot Close Aveley Essex RM15 4DW
Received 26 Feb 202429 Tudor Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8BX
Received 26 Feb 202431 Ashley Gardens Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2LR
Received 22 Feb 202456 Scratton Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0PA
Received 26 Feb 2024Tilbury Football Club St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8NL
Received 26 Feb 202410 Marshfoot Close Aveley Essex RM15 4DW
Received 27 Feb 2024Land Opposite Woolings Row And Woolings Close Baker Street Orsett Essex
Received 23 Feb 2024Orsett Hospital Rowley Road Orsett Essex RM16 3EU
Received 28 Feb 2024Moto Hospitality Ltd Thurrock Services Arterial Road West Thurrock Essex RM16 3BG
Received 28 Feb 2024Land At 1 High Street And 1 To 6 The Green Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 28 Feb 202438 Cawdor Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RF
Received 29 Feb 202438 Cawdor Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RF
Received 29 Feb 202421 Chichester Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6DJ
Received 27 Feb 20243 Mar Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6QT
Received 28 Feb 2024Land And Buildings Keir Hardie House Milford Road Morrison House Jesmond Road Bevan House Laird Avenue Grays Essex
Received 29 Feb 2024Portland Lodge Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TJ
Received 29 Feb 2024The Briars South Avenue Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6JG
Received 29 Feb 2024115 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5SF
Received 1 Mar 2024Hudson House Rectory Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0DJ
Received 1 Mar 2024Artistic Signs Ltd The Laurels Lower Dunton Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8QD
Received 1 Mar 20242 Lockyer Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1RU
Received 4 Mar 20242 Lockyer Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1RU
Received 4 Mar 202420 Ingleby Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4RJ
Received 4 Mar 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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