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.
3,438 approved · 626 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Including Lake And Pond North Of Harrys Place Buckles Lane South Ockendon Essex
Received 2 Dec 2024Alpha Trustee 1 Victor House Bay Manor Lane West Thurrock Essex RM20 3LL
Received 2 Dec 2024Land Adjacent Vopak Oil Terminal Burnley Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 2 Dec 202413 Montfort Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7PP
Received 2 Dec 202438 Chadwell Road Grays Essex RM17 5SY
Received 2 Dec 20243 Parker Road Grays Essex RM17 5YW
Received 3 Dec 2024Esso Chafford Service Station Hogg Lane Grays Essex RM17 5QL
Received 3 Dec 20249 South View Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 4AT
Received 3 Dec 202414 Avontar Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AX
Received 4 Dec 202418 Trent East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SU
Received 4 Dec 202420 Magnolia Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TE
Received 4 Dec 2024Land Between Gunning Road And Globe Industrial Estate Towers Road Grays Essex
Received 5 Dec 202422 Coniston Avenue Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1PQ
Received 5 Dec 202417 Rodings Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DX
Received 5 Dec 2024Lidl St Chads Road Tilbury Essex
Received 5 Dec 2024Land And Workshop Rear Of 14 London Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0LE
Received 5 Dec 202467 Chestnut Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UH
Received 6 Dec 2024Land Adjacent And To The Rear Of The George And Dragon East Tilbury Road Linford Essex
Received 6 Dec 2024HSS Hire Service Group Ltd Watson Close West Thurrock Essex RM20 3EF
Received 6 Dec 202483 Second Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DS
Received 6 Dec 2024Former Kashody Clinic Church Road Corringham Essex SS17 9AP
Received 9 Dec 2024234 Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LP
Received 9 Dec 202438 Cawdor Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RF
Received 9 Dec 202416 Brevet Close Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1RW
Received 9 Dec 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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