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.
3,356 approved · 612 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Kingsley Walk Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4HH
Received 4 Mar 2024Development Land East Of Caspian Way And North And South Of London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex
Received 4 Mar 2024Tarmac Trading Ltd Buckingham Hill Road Linford Essex SS17 0PR
Received 4 Mar 2024Land Surrounding Tarmac One And Two Buckingham Hill Road Linford Essex
Received 4 Mar 2024Land Including Rear Of Hollow Cottages Former Cornwall House And North Of London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex
Received 4 Mar 2024Ikea Heron Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 3WJ
Received 5 Mar 2024South 2B Ocean Boulevard Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9FA
Received 23 Feb 20244 Sachfield Drive Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6QJ
Received 5 Mar 202486 Brentwood Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4JL
Received 5 Mar 2024Brockhurst Villa Clockhouse Lane North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UR
Received 6 Mar 2024223A Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5PX
Received 6 Mar 202494 Danbury Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5XF
Received 6 Mar 2024Arthur Bugler Primary School St James Avenue East Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7BQ
Received 4 Mar 2024289 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5PR
Received 6 Mar 2024289 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5PR
Received 6 Mar 2024289 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5PR
Received 6 Mar 20248 Russel Road Grays Essex RM17 5JX
Received 7 Mar 2024Oak Tree Lodge 17 Warren Heights Grays Essex RM16 6YH
Received 6 Mar 2024157 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5PS
Received 7 Mar 2024North House Goldsmiths South Hill Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6JB
Received 7 Mar 2024The Hollies Rectory Road Orsett Essex RM16 3EH
Received 8 Mar 202425 Arkwright Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8XL
Received 8 Mar 2024Land Adjacent Aquatic Lodge Robinson Road Horndon On The Hill Essex
Received 8 Mar 2024Land Adjacent Aquatic Lodge Robinson Road Horndon On The Hill Essex
Received 8 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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