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.
3,359 approved · 613 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Chase Way South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4BP
Received 8 Mar 202420 Nicolas Walk Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4TJ
Received 8 Mar 20248A Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NH
Received 8 Mar 202429 Bishops Road Corringham Essex SS17 7HB
Received 11 Mar 202429 Bishops Road Corringham Essex SS17 7HB
Received 11 Mar 2024Hannah's Bakeries Ltd 21 High Street Grays Essex RM17 6NB
Received 11 Mar 2024Land Adjacent Dabchick Robinson Road Horndon On The Hill Essex
Received 11 Mar 20241 Kings Terrace Southend Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HB
Received 12 Mar 2024Golden Chicken & Pizza 10 Civic Square Tilbury Essex RM18 8AD
Received 12 Mar 2024Titan Works Titan Road Grays Essex RM17 5DU
Received 12 Mar 202436 Whitmore Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HX
Received 12 Mar 202417 Dove Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6ES
Received 12 Mar 202427 Bradleigh Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5XD
Received 12 Mar 2024194 Crammavill Street Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AQ
Received 13 Mar 2024Performing Arts College Southend Road Corringham Essex SS17 8JS
Received 13 Mar 2024Land At 168 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DE
Received 13 Mar 2024The Elms College Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5UN
Received 14 Mar 20246 Pinewood Close Linford Essex SS17 0RQ
Received 13 Mar 202455 Malthouse Drive Grays Essex RM17 5FG
Received 13 Mar 2024Land To The South Of National Grids Electrical Substation For New Cable Tunnel Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 13 Mar 2024Land Adjacent 94 Fobbing Road Corringham Essex
Received 14 Mar 202470 Chestnut Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UJ
Received 15 Mar 2024Land At London Container Storage Ferry Road Tilbury Essex
Received 15 Mar 202412 Branksome Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8BA
Received 18 Mar 2024Records 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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