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.
3,492 approved · 636 refused · 114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Brevet Close Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1RW
Received 31 Mar 202537 Salisbury Road Grays Essex RM17 6DG
Received 31 Mar 20254 Lampits Lane Corringham Essex SS17 9AD
Received 31 Mar 202511 Cumberland Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6ER
Received 31 Mar 202590 Rectory Road Grays Essex RM17 6AA
Received 31 Mar 202515 Elmway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HJ
Received 31 Mar 202552 Hawkins Drive Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6GG
Received 31 Mar 202556 Ward Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RW
Received 31 Mar 202568 Heath View Road Grays Essex RM16 2RS
Received 31 Mar 202535 Crofton Road Grays Essex RM16 2GY
Received 31 Mar 202575 Lampits Hill Corringham Essex SS17 9AA
Received 31 Mar 202575 Lampits Hill Corringham Essex SS17 9AA
Received 31 Mar 2025Telecommunications Mast 2 Thurrock Rugby Club Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex
Received 27 Mar 20254 Almond Close Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4UW
Received 31 Mar 202544 High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3HB
Received 31 Mar 20251 Myrtle Grove Aveley Essex RM15 4JB
Received 31 Mar 20259 Perry Way Aveley Essex RM15 4RD
Received 28 Mar 2025Broadway Tyres And Servicing Broadway Grays Essex RM17 6EW
Received 1 Apr 20251 Larkspur Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6JQ
Received 1 Apr 202541 Meadow Drive Aveley Essex RM15 4DY
Received 1 Apr 2025Land Adjacent 12 On West Side Of Tenants Row Tilbury Freeport Tilbury
Received 1 Apr 2025St Clements 170 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DE
Received 2 Apr 2025Skyline Arcomet Land Adjacent Harrisons Wharf (Yara Site) London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1PR
Received 2 Apr 202574 Kent Road Grays Essex RM17 6DF
Received 2 Apr 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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