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.
3,389 approved · 619 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent Masefield Road Properties Blackshots Stadium And 44 Stanford Road Grays Essex
Received 11 Jun 2024Land Adjacent Masefield Road Properties Blackshots Stadium And 44 Stanford Road Grays Essex
Received 11 Jun 202448 Springfield Road Grays Essex RM16 2QU
Received 11 Jun 202485 Belhouse Avenue Aveley Essex RM15 4DA
Received 12 Jun 202421 Palmerston Road South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4YH
Received 12 Jun 202464 Fairway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AJ
Received 12 Jun 2024Land Including Rear Of Hollow Cottages Former Cornwall House And North Of London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex
Received 12 Jun 202460 Argent Street Grays Essex RM17 6PG
Received 12 Jun 2024The Old Bishops House Orsett Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8NS
Received 13 Jun 2024Flat 1 Sweet William Nursery Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5LY
Received 13 Jun 20241 The Evergreens North Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6SS
Received 13 Jun 2024St Giles And All Saints Church High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3ER
Received 13 Jun 202435 Chaucer Close Tilbury Essex RM18 8EG
Received 14 Jun 2024175 Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2PS
Received 14 Jun 2024Unit 200 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 14 Jun 2024Amber Court 41A St Johns Way Corringham Essex
Received 14 Jun 202422 Handel Crescent Tilbury Essex RM18 8NH
Received 17 Jun 2024Communal Green Between 12 And 24 St Michaels Close Aveley Essex
Received 17 Jun 202430 Catalina Avenue Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RE
Received 17 Jun 2024Elms Farm Elms Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TS
Received 17 Jun 2024Morrisons London Road Grays Essex RM17 5XZ
Received 17 Jun 202437 Balstonia Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8HX
Received 18 Jun 2024165 Foyle Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5HH
Received 18 Jun 202427 St Marys Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4JX
Received 18 Jun 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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