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.
3,485 approved · 636 refused · 114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flexitricity Lime Kilns Energy Centre Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex
Received 25 Mar 2025Bulk 250 Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3LJ
Received 25 Mar 202518 Marlow Avenue Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1GD
Received 25 Mar 2025Telecommunications Mast Kelvin Road Tilbury Essex
Received 24 Mar 202545 Sewell Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6BF
Received 26 Mar 2025Telecommunications Mast Chaucer Close Tilbury Essex
Received 24 Mar 202549 Swallow Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RH
Received 26 Mar 2025256 Romford Road Aveley Essex RM15 4PD
Received 26 Mar 2025Telecommunications Mast Austen Close Tilbury Essex
Received 24 Mar 2025Telecommunications Mast Wilde Close Tilbury Essex
Received 24 Mar 2025Recycled In Orsett Ltd Stanford Road Orsett Essex RM16 3BB
Received 24 Mar 20254 The Green South Ockendon Essex RM15 6SD
Received 26 Mar 202560 Archates Avenue Grays Essex RM16 6QS
Received 27 Mar 202599C Purfleet Road Aveley Essex RM15 4DS
Received 27 Mar 2025Industrial Chemicals Stoneness Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3AG
Received 25 Mar 202525 Solway East Tilbury Essex RM18 8RQ
Received 27 Mar 2025Land To Rear Of Woodlands Inglefield Road Fobbing Essex
Received 28 Mar 20258 Beverley Close Orsett Essex RM16 3EA
Received 28 Mar 2025Procter & Gamble Product Supply (Uk) Ltd Land At Hedley Avenue West Thurrock Essex
Received 28 Mar 202544 Lowlands Road Aveley Essex RM15 4ED
Received 28 Mar 202515 Chantry Crescent Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0DN
Received 28 Mar 20253 Capel Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7EJ
Received 28 Mar 20251 Parkers Farm Cottages Parkers Farm Road Orsett Essex RM16 3HX
Received 28 Mar 202523 Myrtle Grove Aveley Essex RM15 4JB
Received 28 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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