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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.
3,534 approved · 646 refused · 116 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 St Patricks Place Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4NP
Received 18 Jun 2025Land To The South Of National Grids Electrical Substation For New Cable Tunnel Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 18 Jun 202583 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NL
Received 18 Jun 20258 Lavender Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TH
Received 18 Jun 20254 Hillview Gardens Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8HU
Received 19 Jun 202581 Usk Road Aveley Essex RM15 4PA
Received 19 Jun 2025Amareta Caf� 53 River View Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BJ
Received 19 Jun 2025Land Adjacent Wood View And Chadwell Road Grays Essex
Received 19 Jun 2025Telecommunication Equipment Adjacent 43 Corringham Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 17 Jun 2025Telecommunications Equipment Adjacent 60 Lyndhurst Road Corringham Essex
Received 17 Jun 2025Dummy Properties Outside Thurrock
Received 18 Jun 20255 Torel Way Grays Essex RM16 2EE
Received 20 Jun 202569 Anton Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AU
Received 23 Jun 20258 Robinson Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PU
Received 23 Jun 20258 Rogers Road Grays Essex RM17 5NU
Received 23 Jun 2025Boots 2 St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8LB
Received 19 Jun 20253 Barle Gardens South Ockendon Essex RM15 5QP
Received 23 Jun 202512 Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2PJ
Received 23 Jun 202599 Cherwell Grove South Ockendon Essex RM15 6AS
Received 23 Jun 202541 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6QJ
Received 23 Jun 202541 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6QJ
Received 23 Jun 202541 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6QJ
Received 23 Jun 2025Car Park 12 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex
Received 24 Jun 202565 Ruskin Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4HB
Received 24 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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