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.
3,429 approved · 625 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ortu Hassenbrook Academy Hassenbrook Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NS
Received 23 Oct 202428 Edward Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6GZ
Received 23 Oct 2024Meadow Farm East Tilbury Road Linford Essex SS17 0QS
Received 23 Oct 202450 Wood View Grays Essex RM17 5TF
Received 23 Oct 2024153 London Road Grays Essex RM17 5YD
Received 24 Oct 202450 Wood View Grays Essex RM17 5TF
Received 24 Oct 202450 Wood View Grays Essex RM17 5TF
Received 24 Oct 2024110B Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LD
Received 24 Oct 2024Tilbury Green Power Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 24 Oct 2024234 Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LP
Received 24 Oct 2024Kerneos Site South Of London Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 24 Oct 2024210 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM16 2TH
Received 24 Oct 202463 Laird Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2NL
Received 25 Oct 2024Land Adjacent And To The Rear Of The George And Dragon East Tilbury Road Linford Essex
Received 25 Oct 2024Tan-Y-Bryn Hillcrest Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8NG
Received 25 Oct 202447 Church View Aveley Essex RM15 4LJ
Received 28 Oct 2024Aveley House Arcany Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 28 Oct 202417 Meadway Grays Essex RM17 5TA
Received 29 Oct 2024GC Distribution Beacon Hill Industrial Estate Botany Way Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1SR
Received 29 Oct 2024Garage Forecourt Esso Service Station Stanford Road Grays Essex RM16 4XE
Received 29 Oct 2024Orsett Cricket Pavilion School Lane Orsett Essex RM16 3JR
Received 29 Oct 202449 Lime Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6NN
Received 29 Oct 2024133 Dock Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7BT
Received 29 Oct 202471 Lampits Lane Corringham Essex SS17 9AE
Received 30 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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