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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.
3,271 approved · 601 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Inn On The Green The Green Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0ER
Received 21 Sept 2023Inn On The Green The Green Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0ER
Received 21 Sept 2023Land At Former 251 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 22 Sept 202315 Copper Beech Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6QS
Received 22 Sept 2023Industrial Chemicals Stoneness Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3AG
Received 22 Sept 20232 Crescent Walk Aveley Essex RM15 4HP
Received 22 Sept 20233 Garth Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6QU
Received 25 Sept 2023210 Arisdale Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5FE
Received 25 Sept 202315 Mollands Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 6DB
Received 25 Sept 202317 Birch Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6XD
Received 25 Sept 202365 Corran Way South Ockendon Essex RM15 6AR
Received 25 Sept 2023Talford Horndon Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PD
Received 25 Sept 2023Alistair Farquharson Centre Thurrock Community Hospital Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2PX
Received 25 Sept 2023Walker Crane Services Motherwell Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 3XD
Received 25 Sept 2023Alistair Farquharson Centre Thurrock Community Hospital Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2PX
Received 25 Sept 202316 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TU
Received 26 Sept 2023Mercedes Benz Lakeside Heron Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 3WJ
Received 26 Sept 202361 Meadow Road Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2EX
Received 26 Sept 2023The KARA Meze Lounge Fleming Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6HH
Received 27 Sept 202358 Digby Road Corringham Essex SS17 9BT
Received 27 Sept 20237 Milton Road Grays Essex RM17 5EZ
Received 27 Sept 202350 Stour Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BU
Received 28 Sept 2023Old England Farm St Mary's Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3PB
Received 28 Sept 202317 Hornbeam Chase South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TT
Received 28 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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