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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.
3,503 approved · 639 refused · 114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grays Complentary Clinic 2 Cromwell Road Grays Essex RM17 5HF
Received 16 Apr 202533 Blenheim Gardens Aveley Essex RM15 4EB
Received 16 Apr 202533 Blenheim Gardens Aveley Essex RM15 4EB
Received 16 Apr 20252 Gavenny Path South Ockendon Essex RM15 5HR
Received 16 Apr 202540 First Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3JR
Received 16 Apr 202522 Medlar Road Grays Essex RM17 6TU
Received 16 Apr 2025Telecommunications Mast Outside 29 Kelvin Road Tilbury Essex
Received 15 Apr 2025Langdon Hills Golf And Country Club Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TY
Received 17 Apr 2025Thurrock Rugby Club Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2QH
Received 17 Apr 202536 Barnmead Meadow Grays Essex RM16 2EN
Received 17 Apr 2025176 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM16 2TP
Received 17 Apr 2025165 Foyle Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5HH
Received 18 Apr 202512 Mar Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6QT
Received 21 Apr 202512 St James Avenue East Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7BQ
Received 21 Apr 202562 Charlton Street South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XU
Received 21 Apr 2025Nutoi Park Gate Road Corringham Essex SS17 9EU
Received 21 Apr 2025Telecommunications Mast Outside 29 Parkside Avenue Tilbury Essex
Received 17 Apr 202515 Bromley Grays Essex RM17 6LE
Received 22 Apr 20251 Rookery Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0LS
Received 22 Apr 2025Unit 200 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 22 Apr 2025Land East Of Rectory Road And South Of Prince Charles Avenue Orsett Essex
Received 22 Apr 2025133 Dock Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7BT
Received 22 Apr 2025Waterlily 1 Rogers Road Grays Essex RM17 5NU
Received 23 Apr 20251 Buckley Close Corringham Essex SS17 8JN
Received 23 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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