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.
3,369 approved · 616 refused · 107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Fleming Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6YA
Received 28 Mar 202454 Crofton Road Grays Essex RM16 2GZ
Received 28 Mar 2024Whitehall Farm Whitehall Lane Fobbing Essex SS17 9HN
Received 28 Mar 2024Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Station Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8QR
Received 28 Mar 20244 Hyder Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4RD
Received 28 Mar 2024198 Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2PU
Received 28 Mar 202435 Premier Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2SB
Received 28 Mar 2024London Gateway Port Ltd (DP World) 1 London Gateway Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 28 Mar 2024139 Palmerston Road South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4YL
Received 29 Mar 2024161 Dudley Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NT
Received 29 Mar 2024161 Dudley Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NT
Received 29 Mar 202459 Lennox Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6AP
Received 29 Mar 202421 Ark Avenue Grays Essex RM16 6QR
Received 1 Apr 2024Gouldwells Orsett Road Horndon On The Hill Essex RM16 3BE
Received 1 Apr 202412 Jubilee Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3BT
Received 1 Apr 202449 Templer Avenue Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4EL
Received 1 Apr 202491 - 93 Coronation Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SW
Received 1 Apr 2024Land Opposite 9 Annabell Avenue Orsett Essex
Received 2 Apr 2024Bracken South Hill Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6JA
Received 2 Apr 202467 Chestnut Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UH
Received 2 Apr 2024St Cleres School Butts Lane Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NW
Received 28 Mar 2024Land To Rear Of 36 To 46 Grovelands Way Adjacent Bankfoot Grays Essex
Received 29 Mar 2024Stema Shipping (UK) Part Ground Floor And First Floor Alexandra House Waterfront West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 1WL
Received 3 Apr 202440 Mill Road Aveley Essex RM15 4SL
Received 2 Apr 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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