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.
3,415 approved · 622 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Angel Bubbles 83 Garron Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5JQ
Received 11 Sept 2024HSS Hire Service Group Plot 4 Watson Close West Thurrock Essex RM20 3EF
Received 11 Sept 20249 Halt Drive Linford Essex SS17 0QZ
Received 11 Sept 20245 King George VI Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SL
Received 12 Sept 2024Sunnyside House 130 High Street Aveley Essex RM15 4BX
Received 12 Sept 202459 Crowstone Road Grays Essex RM16 2SR
Received 12 Sept 2024Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 12 Sept 2024144 St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8LJ
Received 12 Sept 20246 Anton Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AT
Received 12 Sept 202449 Lime Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6NN
Received 12 Sept 2024Poldhu Hillcrest Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8LR
Received 12 Sept 2024Dummy Properties Outside Thurrock
Received 6 Sept 2024DP World London Gateway Logistics Park London Gateway Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 13 Sept 202424 Shelley Place Tilbury Essex RM18 8HP
Received 13 Sept 2024Police Station Gordon Road Corringham Essex SS17 7RD
Received 13 Sept 2024Kerneos Site South Of London Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 13 Sept 20241 Cedar Rise South Ockendon Essex RM15 6RB
Received 16 Sept 20248 Handel Crescent Tilbury Essex RM18 8NH
Received 16 Sept 202414 Darwin Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7DY
Received 16 Sept 202410 Wren Walk Tilbury Essex RM18 8EU
Received 16 Sept 2024Whitehall Farm Whitehall Lane Fobbing Essex SS17 9HN
Received 16 Sept 202490 Dock Road Grays Essex RM17 6EY
Received 13 Sept 2024137 London Road Grays Essex RM17 5YD
Received 17 Sept 2024Land Near Junction Of Biggin Lane Sandy Lane Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 17 Sept 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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