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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.
3,500 approved · 638 refused · 114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Langton Way Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4PP
Received 9 Apr 2025Telecommunications Mast Outside 16 Manor Road Tilbury Essex
Received 8 Apr 2025149 Parsonage Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 4AY
Received 9 Apr 202515 Palmerston Gardens South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4YJ
Received 9 Apr 202524 Marlborough Close Grays Essex RM16 2SU
Received 9 Apr 202520 Kersbrooke Way Corringham Essex SS17 9EH
Received 9 Apr 202513 Ward Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RE
Received 9 Apr 2025Former Corringham Ambulance Station Giffords Cross Road Corringham Essex SS17 7QQ
Received 10 Apr 2025Land Adjacent Wood View And Chadwell Road Grays Essex
Received 5 Feb 2025Telecommunications Mast Adjacent 79 Byron Gardens Tilbury Essex
Received 8 Apr 2025Land Adjacent 12 On West Side Of Tenants Row Tilbury Freeport Tilbury
Received 10 Apr 2025Service Station London Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0LD
Received 10 Apr 2025Cosy Church Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3RU
Received 10 Apr 2025Land To Rear Of Clivebrook And Hazelmere Orsett Road Horndon On The Hill Essex
Received 10 Apr 202525 Arkwright Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8XL
Received 11 Apr 202552 Morant Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4UA
Received 11 Apr 20252 Stafford Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6ND
Received 14 Apr 2025Park Villa 23 Park Lane Aveley Essex RM15 4UB
Received 14 Apr 2025Charnwood Malting Lane Orsett Essex RM16 3HJ
Received 14 Apr 20257 Antelope Avenue Grays Essex RM16 6QT
Received 14 Apr 2025109 Humber Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5JT
Received 14 Apr 20254 Southland Terrace London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1RA
Received 15 Apr 202516 Poynder Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8LU
Received 15 Apr 202513 Conrad Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0AT
Received 16 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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