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.
3,271 approved · 601 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Fort William Road Vange Essex SS16 5JX
Received 14 Sept 202324 Stifford Clays Road Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2DU
Received 14 Sept 2023Amber Court 41A St Johns Way Corringham Essex
Received 14 Sept 2023Chadwell Area Housing Office Linford Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4JY
Received 14 Sept 202320 Ulverston Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1SW
Received 15 Sept 2023119 Mayflower Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6BE
Received 15 Sept 202328 Chestnut Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UJ
Received 15 Sept 202356 Bredle Way Aveley Essex RM15 4ES
Received 15 Sept 202315 Crouch Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BX
Received 18 Sept 2023Thurrock Lifestyle Solutions 13 - 15 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6QA
Received 18 Sept 2023Sunnyside Dental Clinic 55 High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3HB
Received 18 Sept 2023Land Adjacent 107 Humber Avenue South Ockendon Essex
Received 18 Sept 202313 Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4UT
Received 18 Sept 202341 Rigby Gardens Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4JJ
Received 18 Sept 20231 Tunnel Cottages Purfleet Road Aveley Essex RM15 4DX
Received 18 Sept 2023Kerneos Site South Of London Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 18 Sept 20235 St Stephens Crescent Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4AU
Received 19 Sept 2023Thurrock Football Club Ship Lane Aveley Essex RM19 1YN
Received 19 Sept 2023Bumbles Yard St Chads Road Tilbury Essex
Received 19 Sept 2023New Farmhouse Cherry Orchard Farm Conways Road Orsett Essex
Received 20 Sept 202317 Richmond Road Grays Essex RM17 6DN
Received 20 Sept 2023Shed 3 3A And 38A 36 And 38 Berth Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex
Received 20 Sept 2023Telephone Exchange Bradleigh Avenue Grays Essex
Received 18 Sept 2023DHL Central 4 Baltic Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9FF
Received 20 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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