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.
3,292 approved · 604 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Amazon Winchelsea Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7EE
Received 9 Nov 2023Land Adjacent Masefield Road Properties Blackshots Stadium And 44 Stanford Road Grays Essex
Received 9 Nov 2023Tag Contract Services Ltd Whitehall Works Whitehall Lane Grays Essex RM17 6SS
Received 9 Nov 202334 Catharine Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6QH
Received 9 Nov 2023Nationwide Building Society 19 High Street Grays Essex RM17 6NB
Received 10 Nov 2023Land South Of Borough Boundary And East Of Dunnings Lane West Horndon Essex
Received 8 Nov 20232 Elwick Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6ED
Received 10 Nov 2023Morrison House Jesmond Road Grays Essex
Received 9 Nov 202375 Lampits Lane Corringham Essex SS17 9AE
Received 10 Nov 202327 Bradleigh Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5XD
Received 10 Nov 202345 Sandpiper Close East Tilbury Essex RM18 8FA
Received 10 Nov 202312 Addington Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0FZ
Received 13 Nov 2023The KARA Meze Lounge Fleming Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6HH
Received 13 Nov 2023161 Abbotts Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7BW
Received 13 Nov 20232 Elwick Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6ED
Received 13 Nov 2023Police Station Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5EH
Received 13 Nov 202334 Felipe Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NE
Received 13 Nov 20238 Russel Road Grays Essex RM17 5JX
Received 14 Nov 2023Grover House Grover Walk Corringham Essex
Received 13 Nov 20233 - 6 Garrison Parade Saladin Drive Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1ST
Received 14 Nov 2023Port Of Tilbury Former Tilbury Power Station Fort Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8UJ
Received 13 Nov 2023Manor View Southend Road Corringham Essex SS17 9EY
Received 14 Nov 202332 Gordon Road Grays Essex RM16 2GW
Received 15 Nov 2023Telecommunication Equipment Lodge Lane Grays Essex
Received 13 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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