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.
3,392 approved · 620 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
138 Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 3AD
Received 26 Jun 202462 Moore Avenue South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XW
Received 26 Jun 202414 Avontar Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AX
Received 26 Jun 202458 Oakway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HR
Received 26 Jun 202435 Tennyson Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RG
Received 27 Jun 202435 Tennyson Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RG
Received 27 Jun 2024Former Kent Elms Car Centre Stanford Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DU
Received 27 Jun 202437 Heathland Way Grays Essex RM16 2DF
Received 28 Jun 20243 Rowan Grove Aveley Essex RM15 4SW
Received 28 Jun 2024Oakdene High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HN
Received 27 Jun 2024Telecommunications Equipment Thurrock Trade Park Oliver Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 27 Jun 20242 Moore Avenue South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XW
Received 28 Jun 2024Telecommunications Equipment Thurrock Trade Park Oliver Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 27 Jun 2024Land And Tennis Court Tyelands Farm House South Hill Langdon Hills Essex
Received 28 Jun 2024Land To Rear Of Conifers Brentwood Road And Adjacent Orchard House Peartree Lane Bulphan Essex
Received 28 Jun 202458 Hope Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DN
Received 1 Jul 2024Mama G's Afro Caribbean Store 21 Broadway Grays Essex RM17 6EW
Received 1 Jul 2024Mama G's Afro Caribbean Store 21 Broadway Grays Essex RM17 6EW
Received 1 Jul 2024120 Purfleet Road Aveley Essex RM15 4EA
Received 1 Jul 202454 Connaught Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2XX
Received 1 Jul 2024Land Adjacent Borough Boundary And Top Meadow Golf Course Fen Lane Bulphan Essex
Received 1 Jul 20247 May Court Grays Essex RM17 6UB
Received 2 Jul 2024Thameside Electric Ltd 713 London Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3HX
Received 2 Jul 202413 St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8LA
Received 3 Jul 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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