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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.
3,420 approved · 622 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
148A Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8BY
Received 25 Sept 20248 Robinson Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PU
Received 25 Sept 2024Belhus Park Golf And Country Park Belhus Park Lane Aveley Essex RM15 4PX
Received 25 Sept 202414 Raphael Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8NA
Received 25 Sept 202410 Marshfoot Close Aveley Essex RM15 4DW
Received 26 Sept 2024Land At Grays Riverside Park Thurrock Yacht Club And Grays Sea Wall Thames Road Grays Essex
Received 26 Sept 2024Land To Rear Of Conifers Brentwood Road And Adjacent Orchard House Peartree Lane Bulphan Essex
Received 26 Sept 202456 Stephenson Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8XD
Received 27 Sept 20246 Hazel Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 6JT
Received 27 Sept 2024Nabco Off Licence 6 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NH
Received 27 Sept 202450 Hathaway Road Grays Essex RM17 5LA
Received 27 Sept 202418 Woodside Close Grays Essex RM16 2DN
Received 27 Sept 202462 Foxglove Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6ET
Received 30 Sept 2024Land At Grays Riverside Park Thurrock Yacht Club And Grays Sea Wall Thames Road Grays Essex
Received 26 Sept 2024Land Adjacent Gammon Stables Farmhouse Baker Street Orsett Essex
Received 24 Aug 2024Walma High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HT
Received 30 Sept 20244 Elvin Drive North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UT
Received 1 Oct 202416 Sydney Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7PD
Received 1 Oct 202478 Courtney Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4TY
Received 1 Oct 2024144 St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8LJ
Received 1 Oct 2024Millhaven Mill Road Aveley Essex RM15 4SR
Received 2 Oct 202430 Spencer Walk Tilbury Essex RM18 8XJ
Received 1 Oct 2024Rose Cottage Collingwood Farm Brentwood Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DJ
Received 2 Oct 2024100 Purfleet Road Aveley Essex RM15 4EA
Received 2 Oct 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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