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.
3,458 approved · 630 refused · 111 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 11C And Part Unit 11B Askews Industrial Estate Askews Farm Lane Grays Essex RM17 5XR
Received 4 Feb 2025Unit 16B Askews Industrial Estate Askews Farm Lane Grays Essex RM17 5XR
Received 4 Feb 2025City Oils Ltd Unit 12 Askews Industrial Estate Askews Farm Lane Grays Essex RM17 5XR
Received 4 Feb 2025Unit 10D Askews Industrial Estate Askews Farm Lane Grays Essex RM17 5XR
Received 4 Feb 2025Essex Bulk Services Ltd Unit 9 Askews Industrial Estate Askews Farm Lane Grays Essex RM17 5XR
Received 4 Feb 2025Europa 18 High Street Grays Essex RM17 6LU
Received 4 Feb 2025Lidl St Chads Road Tilbury Essex
Received 4 Feb 2025Lidl St Chads Road Tilbury Essex
Received 4 Feb 202591A Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6RA
Received 5 Feb 2025Chester Estate Agents 32 Orsett Road Grays Essex RM17 5EB
Received 5 Feb 202543 Cullen Square South Ockendon Essex RM15 6AA
Received 5 Feb 2025Land At Kemps Farm Dennis Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 5 Feb 20251 Fanns Rise Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1GP
Received 5 Feb 2025Replacement Landfill Gas Engines South Ockendon Quarry And Landfill Site Medebridge Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 5 Feb 2025176 Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LJ
Received 5 Feb 2025176 Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LJ
Received 5 Feb 2025Lidl St Chads Road Tilbury Essex
Received 5 Feb 20252 The Hollies Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0DG
Received 5 Feb 202582 Galleon Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6BD
Received 6 Feb 2025184 London Road Grays Essex RM17 5YP
Received 6 Feb 2025New Farmhouse Cherry Orchard Farm Conways Road Orsett Essex
Received 6 Feb 202576 Camden Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PY
Received 6 Feb 202530 Cumberland Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6DS
Received 7 Feb 202531 Elmstead Close Corringham Essex SS17 9EL
Received 7 Feb 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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