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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.
3,383 approved · 618 refused · 107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oil Tank Demolition Site Thames Enterprise Park The Manorway Coryton Essex
Received 3 May 202433 Gunning Road Grays Essex RM17 6UQ
Received 6 May 202421 Maunder Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6BW
Received 6 May 202420 The Pines Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AH
Received 6 May 2024104 Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4XH
Received 6 May 202426 Marlborough Close Grays Essex RM16 2SU
Received 6 May 202457 Daiglen Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RJ
Received 7 May 202412 Brockenhurst Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NL
Received 7 May 20241 Maybush Close Fobbing Essex SS17 9FH
Received 7 May 20242 Maybush Close Fobbing Essex SS17 9FH
Received 7 May 20245 Maybush Close Fobbing Essex SS17 9FH
Received 7 May 20246 Maybush Close Fobbing Essex SS17 9FH
Received 7 May 20247 Maybush Close Fobbing Essex SS17 9FH
Received 7 May 20242 Fort William Road Vange Essex SS16 5JX
Received 7 May 202434 Scratton Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0PA
Received 7 May 202491 Drake Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6DR
Received 7 May 2024289 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5PR
Received 8 May 202448 Springfield Road Grays Essex RM16 2QU
Received 8 May 202462 Digby Road Corringham Essex SS17 9BT
Received 8 May 2024Telecommunications Mast Purfleet Bypass Purfleet-on-thames Essex
Received 3 May 20241 Mill View Baker Street Orsett Essex RM16 3NR
Received 9 May 2024Manor House Cottage Doesgate Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3SX
Received 9 May 202447 Chichester Close Aveley Essex RM15 4TA
Received 9 May 2024Tilbury Fort Fort Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7NR
Received 10 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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