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.
3,453 approved · 630 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
68 Heath View Road Grays Essex RM16 2RS
Received 21 Jan 202558 Cowper Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8AS
Received 21 Jan 2025252 Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2QB
Received 22 Jan 20252 Palmers Drive Grays Essex RM17 5RA
Received 22 Jan 2025123 Cullen Square South Ockendon Essex RM15 6AD
Received 22 Jan 2025Nabco Off Licence 6 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NH
Received 22 Jan 202519 College Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5UN
Received 23 Jan 2025Red House Farm Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TD
Received 23 Jan 2025BT Street Hub High Street Grays Essex
Received 23 Jan 2025BT Street Hub High Street Grays Essex
Received 23 Jan 2025BT Street Hub Clarence Road Grays Essex
Received 23 Jan 2025BT Street Hub Clarence Road Grays Essex
Received 23 Jan 2025BT Street Hub Lodge Lane Grays Essex
Received 23 Jan 2025BT Street Hub Lodge Lane Grays Essex
Received 23 Jan 2025Pipeline Valve Cage St Mary's Lane West Horndon Essex
Received 24 Jan 202546 Prospect Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NJ
Received 24 Jan 2025135 South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6NP
Received 24 Jan 2025Telecommunications Masts Outside 101 109 117 131 137 Lodge Lane Grays Essex
Received 23 Jan 2025Whitehall Farm Whitehall Lane Fobbing Essex SS17 9HN
Received 23 Jan 2025Land At 22 And To Rear Of 18 To 28 Fairview Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 27 Jan 2025Willow House 135 Mollands Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 6DL
Received 28 Jan 2025Biggin Stables Biggin Lane Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4LT
Received 28 Jan 202555 King Edward Drive Grays Essex RM16 4AQ
Received 29 Jan 20255 Prince Philip Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2BS
Received 29 Jan 2025Records 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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