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.
3,472 approved · 632 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Belhus Landfill Site Arisdale Avenue South Ockendon Essex
Received 28 Feb 202527 Fairway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AJ
Received 28 Feb 202514A London Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8EA
Received 28 Feb 2025133 South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6NP
Received 28 Feb 202532 Catalina Avenue Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RE
Received 28 Feb 202526 Flint Street West Thurrock Essex RM20 3HA
Received 3 Mar 202531 Grovelands Way Grays Essex RM17 5YQ
Received 3 Mar 202526 Toplands Avenue Aveley Essex RM15 4EH
Received 3 Mar 2025Ocado Operating Limited New Purfleet Road Aveley Essex RM15 4EW
Received 3 Mar 20251 Ruskin Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4DX
Received 3 Mar 202525 Mary Rose Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6LY
Received 3 Mar 20251 Ruskin Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4DX
Received 3 Mar 2025The Willows High Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8LB
Received 4 Mar 202570 Orchard Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HH
Received 4 Mar 2025Sunnyside Inglefield Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HW
Received 4 Mar 2025Bannatyne's Health Club & Spa Howard Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6YJ
Received 4 Mar 202586 The Sorrells Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7DS
Received 4 Mar 20254 Ellie Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0GZ
Received 5 Mar 20251 Plough Cottages China Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3RP
Received 5 Mar 202563 Chestnut Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UH
Received 6 Mar 202544 Fullarton Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5HW
Received 6 Mar 202562 Foxglove Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6ET
Received 6 Mar 202527 Blenheim Gardens Aveley Essex RM15 4EB
Received 6 Mar 202513 Cample Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RA
Received 7 Mar 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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