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.
3,522 approved · 646 refused · 115 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent Harley Cottage And Old Hall Cottage Rookery Hill Corringham Essex
Received 4 Jun 2025Hair Line 231 London Road Grays Essex RM17 5YS
Received 4 Jun 202516 Daniel Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PR
Received 4 Jun 202521 Palmers Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5TX
Received 4 Jun 202528 Birchfield North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UX
Received 4 Jun 202534 Devereux Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PD
Received 5 Jun 2025Land East Of St Andrews Road North Of Gaylor Road And West Of Dock Road Tilbury Essex
Received 23 May 202525 Falcon Avenue Grays Essex RM17 6SB
Received 5 Jun 2025Bulk 250 Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3LJ
Received 5 Jun 2025Land Adjacent Chapel Farm And To Rear Of High Road And Baker Street Orsett Essex
Received 5 Jun 2025Sleepy Hollow Farm Chadwell Road Grays Essex RM17 5TG
Received 6 Jun 2025Plumbing Trade Supplies Unit 22 Thurrock Trade Park Oliver Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3AL
Received 6 Jun 202511 Broadway Grays Essex RM17 6EW
Received 6 Jun 2025Tilbury Riverside Station Ferry Road Tilbury Essex
Received 6 Jun 2025Tilbury Riverside Station Ferry Road Tilbury Essex
Received 6 Jun 202512 Southwell Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6AY
Received 6 Jun 2025Moto Hospitality Thurrock Services Arterial Road West Thurrock Essex RM16 3BG
Received 6 Jun 2025Alcyone Orsett Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8NS
Received 6 Jun 202533 Gunning Road Grays Essex RM17 6UQ
Received 6 Jun 20256 Cecil Avenue Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6QA
Received 9 Jun 2025Claridon House London Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 9 Jun 2025Claridon House London Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 9 Jun 2025Village Indiya 29 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5RY
Received 9 Jun 202521 St Pauls Close Aveley Essex RM15 4SH
Received 9 Jun 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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