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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.
3,291 approved · 604 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 Archates Avenue Grays Essex RM16 6QS
Received 30 Oct 20237 Farrow Gardens Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2EU
Received 31 Oct 2023Unit 255 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 31 Oct 2023North Stifford Off Licence 7 Browns Cottages High Road North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UH
Received 31 Oct 2023Ivy Wall House Billet Lane Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0AR
Received 31 Oct 2023Telecommunications Mast Chadwell Place Farm Chadwell Bypass Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 31 Oct 2023ASD Ltd The Colossus Site Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3FN
Received 1 Nov 202376 Camden Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PY
Received 1 Nov 202341 Edmund Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6HA
Received 2 Nov 2023Gateway Energy Centre To National Grid South Substation The Manorway Coryton Essex
Received 2 Nov 20237 Albert Close Grays Essex RM16 2RB
Received 3 Nov 2023Viewforth Fairfield Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2LS
Received 3 Nov 202318 Stuart Road Grays Essex RM17 5HX
Received 6 Nov 2023Stanford House Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex
Received 6 Nov 2023Goshems Farm Station Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8QR
Received 6 Nov 202358 Catharine Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6QH
Received 6 Nov 20232 Giffordside Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4JA
Received 7 Nov 2023Land Adjacent Rainbow Lane Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 6 Nov 2023Unit 1 Kent Road Grays Essex RM17 6DF
Received 7 Nov 20234 Hyder Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4RD
Received 8 Nov 20234 Hyder Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4RD
Received 8 Nov 2023La Casa High Road North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UE
Received 8 Nov 202317 Maple Road Grays Essex RM17 6LB
Received 9 Nov 2023Dunelm Unit 9 Thurrock Shopping Park Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3LP
Received 9 Nov 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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