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.
3,397 approved · 621 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Station Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8QR
Received 24 Jul 202433 Gunning Road Grays Essex RM17 6UQ
Received 29 Jul 202424 Bata Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SD
Received 29 Jul 202424 Bata Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SD
Received 29 Jul 2024Becksland Farm Muckingford Road West Tilbury Essex RM18 8TS
Received 29 Jul 20242 Duffield Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PA
Received 29 Jul 2024354A London Road South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4AB
Received 29 Jul 20246 Easington Way South Ockendon Essex RM15 5EJ
Received 29 Jul 20242 Duffield Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PA
Received 30 Jul 202415 Ash Walk South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TY
Received 30 Jul 202490 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6RA
Received 30 Jul 2024Lawns Court Thomas Bata Avenue East Tilbury Essex
Received 31 Jul 20246 Badgers Mount Orsett Essex RM16 3JB
Received 30 Jul 202422 Wilsman Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6QB
Received 31 Jul 2024DHL Central 4 Baltic Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9FF
Received 31 Jul 202430 Bankfoot Grays Essex RM17 5JA
Received 31 Jul 2024Moto Hospitality Thurrock Services Arterial Road West Thurrock Essex RM16 3BG
Received 1 Aug 2024Golden Chicken & Pizza 10 Civic Square Tilbury Essex RM18 8AD
Received 2 Aug 20245 Crescent Walk Aveley Essex RM15 4HP
Received 2 Aug 202445 Annalee Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 5BZ
Received 5 Aug 2024The Cottage Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TD
Received 5 Aug 2024154 Stifford Clays Road Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2DR
Received 5 Aug 202429 Rushdon Close Grays Essex RM17 5QN
Received 5 Aug 2024Park Villa 23 Park Lane Aveley Essex RM15 4UB
Received 5 Aug 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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