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.
3,374 approved · 617 refused · 107 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Nov 2016 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Blackbush Orsett Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PN
Received 3 Apr 2024116 Quebec Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7RA
Received 3 Apr 20242 Orchard View Robinson Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PU
Received 3 Apr 2024The Bon Bon 40 King Edward Drive Grays Essex RM16 2GG
Received 4 Apr 20244 Fairfield Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2LT
Received 4 Apr 202424 Poplar Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TU
Received 3 Apr 2024Berth 40A Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7EH
Received 4 Apr 202496 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM16 2YD
Received 4 Apr 20242 Belhouse Avenue Aveley Essex RM15 4BF
Received 5 Apr 202413 High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3ER
Received 5 Apr 2024112 Richmond Road Grays Essex RM17 6DW
Received 5 Apr 202425 Bradleigh Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5XD
Received 8 Apr 202438 Erriff Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AW
Received 8 Apr 202478 Orchard Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HH
Received 8 Apr 2024210 Southend Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7AQ
Received 9 Apr 2024Fern Court Nursery Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 5 Apr 2024Garage Site To Rear Of 2 To 12 Little Belhus Close South Ockendon Essex
Received 9 Apr 20246 Derwent Parade South Ockendon Essex RM15 5EE
Received 9 Apr 2024179 Garron Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5LA
Received 9 Apr 20244 Daiglen Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RN
Received 10 Apr 2024Jack O Lantern Daiglen Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AE
Received 10 Apr 2024Highway Land Adjacent Subway Lance Corporal Nicky Mason Way Aveley Essex
Received 9 Apr 2024Norwich To Tilbury DCO Brentwood Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 10 Apr 202455 Parsonage Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 4AJ
Received 11 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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