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.
3,422 approved · 622 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South Of Borough Boundary And East Of Dunnings Lane West Horndon Essex
Received 2 Oct 20242 Davey Down Villas Pilgrims Lane North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5AA
Received 3 Oct 202480A Hogg Lane Grays Essex RM17 5QT
Received 3 Oct 202452 Dovestone Close West Thurrock Essex RM20 3DG
Received 3 Oct 202413 Albert Close Grays Essex RM16 2RB
Received 4 Oct 2024A G Young & Son Curtis Farm High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JJ
Received 4 Oct 202410 Turold Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8ES
Received 7 Oct 2024Chez Nous High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HN
Received 7 Oct 2024Beauchamp Place Malvern Road Grays Essex RM17 5TH
Received 6 Oct 202475 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6RA
Received 7 Oct 2024136 Broxburn Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5QU
Received 7 Oct 2024Telecommunications Mast Blackshots Lane Grays Essex
Received 3 Oct 202464 Giffords Cross Road Corringham Essex SS17 7QQ
Received 8 Oct 202444 Wokindon Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4QT
Received 8 Oct 2024Esso Arterial Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1TS
Received 8 Oct 2024Flexitricity Lime Kilns Energy Centre Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex
Received 8 Oct 2024Thurrock Tuition Centre First Floor Offices 5 George Street Grays Essex RM17 6LY
Received 8 Oct 202429 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TP
Received 9 Oct 2024The Springhouse Springhouse Road Corringham Essex SS17 7QT
Received 7 Oct 2024The Briars South Avenue Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6JG
Received 9 Oct 20241 Thorley Road Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AU
Received 9 Oct 2024Emergency Access For Industrial Chemicals Hedley Avenue West Thurrock Essex
Received 9 Oct 2024Moto Hospitality Thurrock Services Arterial Road West Thurrock Essex RM16 3BG
Received 9 Oct 2024Sandown Nurseries Sandown Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DD
Received 10 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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