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.
3,474 approved · 632 refused · 113 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Annalee Gardens South Ockendon Essex RM15 5DF
Received 7 Mar 2025134 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM16 2UD
Received 7 Mar 2025UK Power Networks PBD10 The Manorway Corringham Essex
Received 6 Mar 2025Land Adjacent 12 On West Side Of Tenants Row Tilbury Freeport Tilbury
Received 7 Mar 202534 Chestnut Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UJ
Received 10 Mar 202561 Billet Lane Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0AP
Received 10 Mar 202547 Maunder Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6BW
Received 10 Mar 2025Innovation And Technology Centre Land Adjacent Vopak Oil Terminal Burnley Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3EF
Received 10 Mar 2025Land And Buildings Malting Lane And Ridgwell Avenue Orsett Essex
Received 10 Mar 202521 Park Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3BX
Received 11 Mar 2025Land East Of The Proposed Thurrock Flexible Generation Site And South Of Station Road East Tilbury Essex
Received 11 Mar 2025London Distribution Park Windrush Road Tilbury Essex
Received 11 Mar 202590 Dock Road Grays Essex RM17 6EY
Received 11 Mar 20258 Cumberland Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6DS
Received 12 Mar 20253 Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5LY
Received 12 Mar 202514 Tennyson Walk Tilbury Essex RM18 8DL
Received 11 Mar 2025117 Hill House Drive Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4DS
Received 12 Mar 202526 King George VI Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SL
Received 12 Mar 202541 Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0DZ
Received 12 Mar 2025133 Dock Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7BT
Received 13 Mar 20252 Ashley Gardens Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2LR
Received 13 Mar 2025Land Adjacent Recreation Ground And Unit 54 Globe Industrial Estate Towers Road Grays Essex
Received 13 Mar 202526 Bradshawe Road Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2EA
Received 13 Mar 2025Langdon Hills Golf And Country Club Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TY
Received 13 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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