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.
3,377 approved · 618 refused · 107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Nutberry Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2TL
Received 26 Apr 202445 Birch Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TZ
Received 26 Apr 2024School House Giffards Primary School Queen Elizabeth Drive Corringham Essex SS17 7TH
Received 26 Apr 202429 Chantry Crescent Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0DN
Received 26 Apr 2024Made.Com Design Ltd North 3 Channel Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9FJ
Received 26 Apr 2024St John The Baptist Church Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 29 Apr 2024Telecommunications Mast Purfleet Bypass Purfleet-on-thames Essex
Received 24 Apr 202428 - 30 High Street Grays Essex RM17 6LU
Received 29 Apr 202455 Corringham Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NU
Received 29 Apr 202448 Lenthall Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5AT
Received 29 Apr 202427 Ashway Corringham Essex SS17 9EB
Received 30 Apr 20241 Ernan Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 5EN
Received 30 Apr 202416 The Close Grays Essex RM16 2XU
Received 30 Apr 202420 Victoria Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2RP
Received 30 Apr 20245 Branksome Park Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8AU
Received 1 May 20244 Vincent Avenue Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8LW
Received 1 May 2024Portland Lodge Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TJ
Received 1 May 2024Coach House Orsett House High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3NS
Received 1 May 202448 Clifford Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NY
Received 2 May 20241 Aire Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AP
Received 2 May 2024Medlog UK Berth 6 10 Acre Yard London Gateway Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9DY
Received 2 May 2024Former Kashody Clinic Church Road Corringham Essex SS17 9AP
Received 2 May 20242 Edinburgh Mews Tilbury Essex RM18 8EN
Received 2 May 20247 Pepys Close Tilbury Essex RM18 8JT
Received 3 May 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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