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.
3,467 approved · 630 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred Mayflower Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6SA
Received 12 Feb 202556 Ward Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RW
Received 12 Feb 20253 Westland View Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2XD
Received 13 Feb 2025Telecommunications Equipment (right) Viking House Stanford Road Grays Essex
Received 10 Feb 202517 Prior Chase Grays Essex RM17 5HL
Received 13 Feb 202518 Marlow Avenue Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1GD
Received 13 Feb 2025Telecommunications Mast Car Park A Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex
Received 13 Feb 202520 Victoria Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2RP
Received 14 Feb 2025Land Adjacent Lampits Hill And Gable Hall School Southend Road Corringham Essex
Received 13 Feb 20252 Mill View Baker Street Orsett Essex RM16 3NR
Received 14 Feb 202574 Gordon Road Grays Essex RM16 2GW
Received 17 Feb 202510 Hathaway Road Grays Essex RM17 5JL
Received 17 Feb 202558 Archates Avenue Grays Essex RM16 6QS
Received 17 Feb 20253A Derby Road Grays Essex RM17 6QD
Received 17 Feb 2025Former TCS Chandlery Gumley Road South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XP
Received 17 Feb 202573 Highfield Gardens Grays Essex RM16 2NT
Received 17 Feb 202573 Highfield Gardens Grays Essex RM16 2NT
Received 17 Feb 20259 Lampits Hill Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7NY
Received 18 Feb 2025Paddockwood Sandown Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DD
Received 18 Feb 2025Water Tower Guardian Avenue North Stifford Grays Essex
Received 18 Feb 2025Footbridge Howells Farm Southend Road Corringham Essex
Received 18 Feb 202518 Alderton Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DZ
Received 18 Feb 202517 Clockhouse Lane North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UN
Received 18 Feb 2025Lidl St Chads Road Tilbury Essex
Received 18 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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