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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Thurrock Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,283 approved · 603 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Heathland Way Grays Essex RM16 2DQ
Received 11 Oct 202345 Giffords Cross Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7NH
Received 12 Oct 2023The Stables Sandy Lane Farm Sandy Lane Aveley Essex RM15 4XP
Received 12 Oct 202312 Orchard Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HS
Received 13 Oct 2023100 Whitmore Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HT
Received 13 Oct 2023Orsett Park Farm Prince Charles Avenue Orsett Essex
Received 13 Oct 2023Tyelands Farm House South Hill Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6JD
Received 13 Oct 2023The Old Brewery And Stanford Le Hope Railway Station Car Park London Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 13 Oct 202310 Fullarton Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5HN
Received 16 Oct 2023Orchard House Peartree Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3SP
Received 12 Oct 2023Kerneos Site South Of London Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 11 Oct 2023263 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5PR
Received 13 Oct 2023Chadwell Area Housing Office 8 Linford Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4JY
Received 16 Oct 202370 Carnach Green South Ockendon Essex RM15 5PZ
Received 17 Oct 2023South Ockendon Quarry And Landfill Site Medebridge Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 17 Oct 20237 Southland Terrace London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1RA
Received 17 Oct 2023Land Adjacent Bulgenen House And Wick Place Cottage Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex
Received 17 Oct 202333 Fyfield Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5QE
Received 17 Oct 20239 Ingram Road Grays Essex RM17 5PA
Received 18 Oct 2023Procter & Gamble Product Supply (Uk) Ltd Hedley Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 4AL
Received 18 Oct 20236 Branksome Park Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8AU
Received 18 Oct 2023176 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM16 2TP
Received 19 Oct 2023129 Kent Road Grays Essex RM17 6DE
Received 20 Oct 202316 Coronation Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SJ
Received 20 Oct 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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