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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.
3,480 approved · 635 refused · 113 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Regent Ball Room 19 Corringham Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0AQ
Received 20 Mar 2025Barclays 9 High Street Grays Essex RM17 6NB
Received 21 Mar 2025St John The Baptist Church Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 21 Mar 202565 Premier Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2SJ
Received 21 Mar 202518 Woolifers Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 9AU
Received 21 Mar 202517 Hume Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8DX
Received 21 Mar 202534 King Edward Drive Grays Essex RM16 2GG
Received 21 Mar 2025183A Rectory Road Grays Essex RM17 6AE
Received 24 Mar 2025New World 140 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6RD
Received 24 Mar 2025124 South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6DA
Received 24 Mar 2025Waterlily 1 Rogers Road Grays Essex RM17 5NU
Received 24 Mar 2025634 London Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3JT
Received 24 Mar 202537A Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NH
Received 24 Mar 202550 Stour Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BU
Received 24 Mar 2025186 St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8NL
Received 24 Mar 2025Telecommunications Mast Opposite 63 Montreal Road Tilbury Essex
Received 21 Mar 2025Sutton Hall Farm South Hill Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6JD
Received 24 Mar 202516 Newburgh Road Grays Essex RM17 6UG
Received 24 Mar 2025Land East Of Chadwell St Mary Brentwood Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 24 Mar 20258 Woodlands Close Grays Essex RM16 2GB
Received 24 Mar 202529 Fortin Way South Ockendon Essex RM15 5NQ
Received 25 Mar 2025Industrial Chemicals Stoneness Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3AG
Received 25 Mar 2025Telecommunications Mast Quebec Road Tilbury Essex
Received 24 Mar 2025Performing Arts College Southend Road Corringham Essex SS17 8JT
Received 25 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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