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.
3,387 approved · 619 refused · 107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
56 Russell Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7AH
Received 21 May 20247 Balmoral Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7PB
Received 21 May 2024Orsett Golf Club Brentwood Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DR
Received 21 May 2024Land At 520 London Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3BJ
Received 22 May 202443 Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0DZ
Received 22 May 2024A G Young & Son Curtis Farm High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JJ
Received 22 May 20246 May Court Grays Essex RM17 6UB
Received 23 May 2024Oakdene Black Bush Lane Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PT
Received 23 May 20243 Mar Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6QT
Received 23 May 202421 Toplands Avenue Aveley Essex RM15 4EH
Received 24 May 2024The KARA Meze Lounge Fleming Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6HH
Received 24 May 20249 Blackthorne Close Bulphan Essex RM14 3ED
Received 24 May 2024London Gateway Port Ltd (DP World) 1 London Gateway Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 22 May 202466 Araglen Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5DD
Received 24 May 202451 Cherwell Grove South Ockendon Essex RM15 6AX
Received 27 May 2024Land Adjacent 107 Humber Avenue South Ockendon Essex
Received 27 May 20247 - 9 Southend Road Grays Essex
Received 28 May 20247 New Cottages Biggin Lane Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4LT
Received 28 May 20247 New Cottages Biggin Lane Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4LT
Received 28 May 2024Annexe Polwicks Farm House Church Road West Tilbury Essex RM18 8QU
Received 28 May 2024Tilbury Green Power Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 28 May 2024Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 28 May 2024Land And Trees Adjacent 2 To 8 And 1 To 47 Church Hollow Purfleet-on-thames Essex
Received 29 May 2024Chafford Hundred Medical Centre Drake Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RS
Received 29 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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