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.
3,269 approved · 600 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
545 Broxburn Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5QB
Received 7 Sept 202313 Triumph Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RQ
Received 7 Sept 20239 Canberra Square Tilbury Essex RM18 7PH
Received 7 Sept 20239 Fourth Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3JJ
Received 8 Sept 202338 Somerset Road Linford Essex SS17 0QA
Received 8 Sept 2023Land North Of A13 And Adjacent High Road North Stifford Grays Essex
Received 8 Sept 2023Telecommunications Mast And Equipment Cabin Thurrock Rugby Club Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2QH
Received 7 Sept 2023Clovelly Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8RP
Received 8 Sept 202353 Trent East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SU
Received 8 Sept 2023Land At Far East Of Stanhope Industrial Park Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 8 Sept 2023Berth 40A Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7EH
Received 8 Sept 202389 Orchard Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HJ
Received 11 Sept 202330 Archates Avenue Grays Essex RM16 6QS
Received 7 Sept 20233 Moss Bank Meesons Lane Grays Essex RM17 5EF
Received 11 Sept 20232 Chilton Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4UX
Received 12 Sept 2023Essex Partnership University NHS Trust Thurrock Community Hospital Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2PX
Received 12 Sept 2023Tilbury Football Club St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8NL
Received 12 Sept 2023Dummy Properties Outside Thurrock
Received 11 Sept 202310 Chestnut Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UJ
Received 13 Sept 2023Shed 3 3A And 38A 36 And 38 Berth Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex
Received 11 Sept 2023Costco Wholesale West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 3WY
Received 13 Sept 202324 The Green Orsett Essex RM16 3EX
Received 13 Sept 2023Redberry Rectory Road Orsett Essex RM16 3JU
Received 13 Sept 202348 Digby Road Corringham Essex SS17 9BT
Received 14 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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