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.
3,444 approved · 628 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Astley Grays Essex RM17 6UY
Received 13 Dec 2024Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 13 Dec 2024Tilbury Green Power Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 13 Dec 202435 Conrad Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0AT
Received 16 Dec 2024Former Thurrock Meals On Wheels Depot Corran Way South Ockendon Essex RM15 6AP
Received 16 Dec 202447 Wentworth Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0FE
Received 16 Dec 2024Telephone Exchange 25 - 27 Fetherston Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0BT
Received 13 Dec 2024Land Adjacent Wood View And Chadwell Road Grays Essex
Received 16 Dec 202421 Park Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3BX
Received 17 Dec 202428 Benson Road Grays Essex RM17 6DL
Received 17 Dec 202474 Laburnum Drive Corringham Essex SS17 7QF
Received 17 Dec 2024Lidl St Chads Road Tilbury Essex
Received 17 Dec 202491A Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6RA
Received 17 Dec 202412 The Firs Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HL
Received 18 Dec 20249 Perry Way Aveley Essex RM15 4RD
Received 17 Dec 2024Maritime Transport Unit 2 Haulier Park London Distribution Park Windrush Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7AN
Received 18 Dec 2024St John's Church Victoria Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2RP
Received 18 Dec 202452 Harvey Grays Essex RM16 2TX
Received 18 Dec 202419 Church Hollow Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1QJ
Received 18 Dec 202492 Moore Avenue South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XW
Received 18 Dec 202492 Moore Avenue South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XW
Received 18 Dec 202411 St Georges Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5XB
Received 19 Dec 202416 Kennet Green South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RB
Received 20 Dec 202416 Kennet Green South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RB
Received 20 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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