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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.
3,504 approved · 641 refused · 114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Telecommunications Mast St Francis Way Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 21 Apr 202548 Clifford Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NY
Received 23 Apr 2025Telecommunications Equipment Wellington Road Tilbury Essex
Received 22 Apr 2025Telecommunications Mast Adjacent 13 Ruskin Road Meredith Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 22 Apr 2025Telecommunications Mast Outside 8 Meredith Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 22 Apr 202535 Portsea Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8AX
Received 25 Apr 20252 Masefield Road Grays Essex RM16 2GT
Received 25 Apr 2025South 2B Ocean Boulevard Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9FA
Received 23 Apr 2025Telecommunications Mast Tennyson Walk Tilbury Essex
Received 23 Apr 2025108 Heath View Road Grays Essex RM16 2RT
Received 25 Apr 2025Sandan 167 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DD
Received 25 Apr 202519 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TP
Received 23 Apr 202515 Culford Road Grays Essex RM16 2SS
Received 25 Apr 202519 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TP
Received 23 Apr 2025Land To The South Of National Grids Electrical Substation For New Cable Tunnel Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 25 Apr 2025Carolyne House Waterson Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4LD
Received 25 Apr 202572 Whitmore Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HU
Received 25 Apr 20257 Stephens Crescent Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8LZ
Received 25 Apr 20254 Aspen Way South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TX
Received 28 Apr 202544 Newburgh Road Grays Essex RM17 6UG
Received 28 Apr 2025Tan-Y-Bryn Hillcrest Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8NG
Received 28 Apr 2025Industrial Chemicals Stoneness Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3AG
Received 28 Apr 202554 Abbotts Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7BS
Received 28 Apr 202522 Cherry Walk Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4UN
Received 29 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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