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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.
3,377 approved · 618 refused · 107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rose Cottage Collingwood Farm Brentwood Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DJ
Received 19 Apr 2024Rose Cottage Collingwood Farm Brentwood Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DJ
Received 19 Apr 20244 The Green South Ockendon Essex RM15 6SD
Received 19 Apr 20248 Shakespeare Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8AP
Received 17 Apr 202411 High Street Aveley Essex RM15 4BE
Received 19 Apr 2024Biffa Waste Services Oliver Close West Thurrock Essex RM20 3ED
Received 22 Apr 2024114 Salisbury Road Grays Essex RM17 6DQ
Received 22 Apr 202426 Toronto Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7RP
Received 22 Apr 20243 Maybush Close Fobbing Essex SS17 9FH
Received 23 Apr 20244 Maybush Close Fobbing Essex SS17 9FH
Received 23 Apr 20245 Maybush Close Fobbing Essex SS17 9FH
Received 23 Apr 20246 Maybush Close Fobbing Essex SS17 9FH
Received 23 Apr 20247 Maybush Close Fobbing Essex SS17 9FH
Received 23 Apr 20246 Poynder Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8LU
Received 23 Apr 202466 Barnmead Meadow Grays Essex RM16 2EN
Received 24 Apr 202462 Love Lane Aveley Essex RM15 4HU
Received 24 Apr 2024Stanford Le Hope Railway Station London Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0JX
Received 22 Apr 2024Land Adjacent And To The Rear Of The George And Dragon East Tilbury Road Linford Essex
Received 24 Apr 2024The Ship Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8PB
Received 24 Apr 20241 Rogers Road Grays Essex RM17 5NU
Received 24 Apr 2024Performing Arts College Southend Road Corringham Essex SS17 8JS
Received 25 Apr 20245 Second Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3JB
Received 25 Apr 2024Monicus High Road North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UF
Received 25 Apr 2024Brayley Honda 72 - 86 Orsett Road Grays Essex RM17 5EL
Received 25 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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