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.
3,513 approved · 644 refused · 115 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 Curling Lane Grays Essex RM17 5JB
Received 12 May 202554 Ravel Road Aveley Essex RM15 4NL
Received 12 May 202550 Stanford Gardens Aveley Essex RM15 4BU
Received 12 May 2025Tilbury Riverside Station Ferry Road Tilbury Essex
Received 30 Apr 2025Carpetright/Sleepright Beds Unit 17 The Junction Thurrock Shopping Park Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3LP
Received 12 May 2025Telecommunications Mast Kelvin Road Tilbury Essex
Received 9 May 2025Land Adjacent Lampits Hill And Gable Hall School Southend Road Corringham Essex
Received 12 May 2025GXO Logistics Limited 736 - 738 London Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3NL
Received 12 May 2025Arena Essex And Fishing Lake Arterial Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex
Received 12 May 2025Telecommunications Mast Thames Drive Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 12 May 2025Caretakers House Somers Heath Primary School Foyle Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5LX
Received 13 May 202530 Spindles Tilbury Essex RM18 8NP
Received 13 May 2025Jarmarcar Gowers Lane Orsett Essex RM16 3AR
Received 14 May 202556 Chichester Close Aveley Essex RM15 4TA
Received 15 May 2025171 Southend Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7AA
Received 15 May 2025171 Southend Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7AA
Received 15 May 202529 Laburnum Grove South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TA
Received 15 May 202514 Bankfoot Grays Essex RM17 5JA
Received 15 May 202532 London Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8DU
Received 15 May 2025Magno Cafe 535 London Road South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4AD
Received 15 May 2025Block 1 To 23 Finches Close Corringham Essex
Received 16 May 2025Sunningdale Milton Road Corringham Essex SS17 8JP
Received 16 May 2025Amazon Windrush Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7EE
Received 16 May 2025Amazon Windrush Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7EE
Received 16 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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