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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.
3,512 approved · 643 refused · 115 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stanford Surgery 19 Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0BZ
Received 6 May 2025Type K6 Telephone Call Box High Road Horndon On The Hill Essex
Received 2 May 20256 Gloucester Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8RB
Received 6 May 2025Milo South Avenue Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6JG
Received 7 May 202575 Larkswood Road Corringham Essex SS17 9DD
Received 7 May 202540 Cedar Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4SX
Received 7 May 2025Land Adjacent Cliff House Meesons Lane Grays Essex
Received 7 May 2025107 Corringham Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0BA
Received 7 May 2025142 Corringham Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0AA
Received 7 May 2025Hobletts Nursery Green Lane Orsett Essex
Received 7 May 2025Gower Lodge 8 Herd Lane Corringham Essex SS17 9BQ
Received 8 May 202516 Martins Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8AB
Received 8 May 2025Telecommunications Mast Opposite 3 Fanshawe Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 7 May 2025Telecommunications Mast Adjacent 16 Fanshawe Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 7 May 2025Telecommunications Mast Semper Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 5 May 2025Supply 2 Location Ltd Southend Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9EY
Received 8 May 2025Harris Academy Ockendon Erriff Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AY
Received 8 May 2025Former 76 High Street Grays Essex RM17 6HU
Received 9 May 20252 Parkway Orsett Essex RM16 3HA
Received 9 May 2025Container Storage Yard London Gateway Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 8 May 202521 Cecil Avenue Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6QA
Received 9 May 202516 Crouch Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BX
Received 12 May 20257 Daniel Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PR
Received 12 May 202523 Maple Road Grays Essex RM17 6LB
Received 12 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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