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.
3,402 approved · 622 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Moore Avenue South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XW
Received 5 Aug 2024Land Adjacent Railway Line The Manorway And West Of Victoria Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 6 Aug 202427 Dawley Green South Ockendon Essex RM15 5LW
Received 7 Aug 202436 Rayleigh Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NE
Received 7 Aug 20241 Courtway Cottages High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JB
Received 7 Aug 202438 Cawdor Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RF
Received 7 Aug 2024Pumping Station Corran Way South Ockendon Essex RM15 6AP
Received 7 Aug 2024STREET RECORD Woodend Close Grays Essex
Received 8 Aug 202435 Tennyson Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RG
Received 8 Aug 2024Somers Heath Primary School Foyle Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5LX
Received 8 Aug 202437 Seaborough Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4PA
Received 8 Aug 2024232 Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LP
Received 8 Aug 202468 Dunlop Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7AU
Received 9 Aug 2024Units C6 And C7 J31 Park Motherwell Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 3XD
Received 9 Aug 2024Telecommunications Mast Adjacent Victor House Motherwell Way West Thurrock Essex
Received 8 Aug 20246 Chestnut Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UJ
Received 9 Aug 202422 Alexandra Close Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4TT
Received 12 Aug 2024Thorndon View Church Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3RU
Received 12 Aug 2024Blankets Farm Dunnings Lane Bulphan Essex
Received 12 Aug 2024A G Young & Son Curtis Farm High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JJ
Received 12 Aug 202410 Henry De Grey Close Grays Essex RM17 5GH
Received 12 Aug 20242 Monnow Green Aveley Essex RM15 4RR
Received 13 Aug 2024Annexe 2 Manor Cottages Church Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3SJ
Received 14 Aug 20242 Monnow Green Aveley Essex RM15 4RR
Received 14 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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