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.
3,496 approved · 636 refused · 114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Hepburn Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6LZ
Received 2 Apr 2025Telecommunications Mast Melba Gardens Tilbury Essex
Received 25 Mar 2025Telecommunications Mast Opposite 14 Leighton Gardens Tilbury Essex
Received 25 Mar 2025Telecommunications Mast Adjacent 1 Leighton Gardens Tilbury Essex
Received 25 Mar 2025Telecommunications Mast Adjacent 14 Leighton Gardens Tilbury Essex
Received 25 Mar 2025The Rectory Church Road Corringham Essex SS17 9AP
Received 3 Apr 2025Grays Park Centre And Former Adult Community College Richmond Road Grays Essex
Received 3 Apr 2025Tellecommunications Mast Adjacent 14 Ruskin Road Meredith Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 2 Apr 2025Telecommunications Mast Outside 21 Stour Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 2 Apr 202514 Martin Road Aveley Essex RM15 4TR
Received 4 Apr 2025Triton Centre Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex
Received 4 Apr 202552 High View Avenue Grays Essex RM17 6RU
Received 4 Apr 2025St John The Baptist Church Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 4 Apr 2025Land Near Junction Of Biggin Lane Sandy Lane Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 7 Apr 2025133 Dock Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7BT
Received 7 Apr 2025Balfour Medical Centre 2 Balfour Road Grays Essex RM17 5NS
Received 7 Apr 2025545 London Road South Stifford Grays Essex
Received 7 Apr 20257 Balmoral Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7PB
Received 8 Apr 202526 Dartview Close Grays Essex RM17 5TL
Received 8 Apr 2025Telecommunication Mast Outside 27 Brennan Road Tilbury Essex
Received 4 Apr 2025Telecommunications Mast Opposite 31 Brennan Road Tilbury Essex
Received 4 Apr 2025Telecommunications Mast Outside 53 Brennan Road Tilbury Essex
Received 4 Apr 2025Land To Rear Of Conifers Brentwood Road And Adjacent Orchard House Peartree Lane Bulphan Essex
Received 8 Apr 2025Telecommunications Mast Opposite 149 Brennan Road Tilbury Essex
Received 8 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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