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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.
3,374 approved · 618 refused · 107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Kendale Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4SL
Received 11 Apr 20241 Sylvan Close Grays Essex RM16 6YQ
Received 11 Apr 2024Land Adjacent Masefield Road Properties Blackshots Stadium And 44 Stanford Road Grays Essex
Received 11 Apr 2024The Flat At 1-2 Street Farm West Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6PL
Received 11 Apr 2024The Flat At 1-2 Street Farm West Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6PL
Received 11 Apr 20246 San Juan Drive Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6LQ
Received 11 Apr 202410 Marshfoot Close Aveley Essex RM15 4DW
Received 12 Apr 202410 Recreation Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 9BZ
Received 12 Apr 2024Unit R5 Red House Farm Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TD
Received 12 Apr 20244 Irvine Gardens South Ockendon Essex RM15 5JP
Received 15 Apr 202448 Springfield Road Grays Essex RM16 2QU
Received 16 Apr 2024Morrison House Jesmond Road Grays Essex
Received 15 Apr 2024Ockendon Intertnational Food Centre 28 - 30 Derry Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5DZ
Received 15 Apr 202416 Rookwood Close Grays Essex RM17 5JR
Received 16 Apr 202454 St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8LA
Received 16 Apr 2024Feast Restaurant 18 High Street Grays Essex RM17 6LU
Received 16 Apr 2024Greenwood High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HN
Received 16 Apr 2024Essex Wildlife Trust Thameside Nature Park Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0RN
Received 17 Apr 2024Anne Mullen Vet Clinic 106 High Street Aveley Essex RM15 4BX
Received 17 Apr 2024Grays Cafe Pie And Mash 19 Orsett Road Grays Essex RM17 5DS
Received 17 Apr 2024Land Adjacent Prospect Brentwood Road Southover And Pear Tree Cottage Peartree Lane Bulphan Essex
Received 18 Apr 2024Chippins High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HY
Received 18 Apr 20242 Ashley Gardens Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2LR
Received 18 Apr 20245 Hall Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 6SH
Received 18 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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