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.
3,265 approved · 600 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Clarkbourne Drive Grays Essex RM17 6ET
Received 31 Aug 202313 Fairway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AA
Received 31 Aug 2023175 Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2PS
Received 1 Sept 2023Berrybarn Rectory Road Orsett Essex RM16 3JU
Received 1 Sept 202366 Windermere Avenue Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1RF
Received 1 Sept 2023Land Adjacent 12 On West Side Of Tenants Row Tilbury Freeport Tilbury
Received 1 Sept 202329 Scott Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4ED
Received 1 Sept 20235 Dowsett Cottages Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8PD
Received 4 Sept 202398 Lenthall Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5AL
Received 4 Sept 2023Magnum Logistics Central 6 North Sea Crossing Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9ER
Received 4 Sept 2023St Clements Church St Clements Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 4AL
Received 4 Sept 2023263 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5PR
Received 5 Sept 202331 Manor Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8XR
Received 1 Sept 2023Springfield Rectory Road Orsett Essex RM16 3JU
Received 5 Sept 2023Fen Farm Cottages Fen Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3RH
Received 6 Sept 2023132 Cromwell Road Grays Essex RM17 5HW
Received 6 Sept 2023Old Post Cottage High Road North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UG
Received 6 Sept 2023Old Post Cottage High Road North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UG
Received 6 Sept 2023246 Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 3AP
Received 6 Sept 202360 King George Vi Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SL
Received 6 Sept 20231 Ashley Gardens Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2LR
Received 7 Sept 2023126 Heath View Road Grays Essex RM16 2RX
Received 5 Sept 2023Telecommunications Equipment Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex
Received 6 Sept 202381 Teviot Avenue Aveley Essex RM15 4QD
Received 7 Sept 2023Records 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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