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.
3,505 approved · 642 refused · 114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Park Road Corringham Essex SS17 7PX
Received 29 Apr 2025Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 29 Apr 2025Tillingham Hall Dunnings Lane West Horndon Essex CM13 3HE
Received 30 Apr 20258 Catalina Avenue Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RE
Received 30 Apr 2025Berth 5 London Gateway Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 30 Apr 202539 - 41 Calcutta Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7QT
Received 30 Apr 2025Telecommunications Mast Outside 87 Brennan Road Tilbury Essex
Received 30 Apr 202523 - 25 Medina Road Grays Essex
Received 1 May 2025Orchard House Peartree Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3SP
Received 1 May 2025Land Adjacent Harley Cottage And Old Hall Cottage Rookery Hill Corringham Essex
Received 1 May 20258 Hollow Cottages London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1QP
Received 1 May 20258 Hollow Cottages London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1QP
Received 1 May 202520 Manor Close Aveley Essex RM15 4EL
Received 2 May 2025The Barn Henry's Romford Road Aveley Essex RM15 4XB
Received 2 May 2025Unit 200 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 2 May 202519 College Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5UN
Received 2 May 20251 Tasker Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4QS
Received 5 May 202556 Lenthall Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5AT
Received 5 May 20257 Elmway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HJ
Received 5 May 20257 Elmway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HJ
Received 5 May 202511 Burton Close Corringham Essex SS17 7SB
Received 5 May 2025Former Kashody Clinic Church Road Corringham Essex
Received 5 May 202570 Gilbert Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NR
Received 5 May 202511 Crawford Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AS
Received 5 May 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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