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.
3,539 approved · 646 refused · 116 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Walton Hall Farm Waltons Hall Road Linford Essex SS17 0RH
Received 24 Jun 2025Procter & Gamble Product Supply (Uk) Ltd Land At Hedley Avenue West Thurrock Essex
Received 24 Jun 202541 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6QJ
Received 24 Jun 202551 Joslin Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1RX
Received 24 Jun 2025Walton Hall Farm Waltons Hall Road Linford Essex SS17 0RH
Received 25 Jun 202590 Water Lane Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1GT
Received 25 Jun 20257 Churchill Road Grays Essex RM17 6TW
Received 25 Jun 2025Titan Truck Park Stoneness Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3ED
Received 25 Jun 2025Land (Sites A B And C) Adjacent A13 A1012 Long Lane And Stifford Clays Road Stifford Clays Grays Essex
Received 25 Jun 20251 Medick Court Grays Essex RM17 6UD
Received 25 Jun 2025Lidl St Chads Road Tilbury Essex
Received 26 Jun 202578 Rawlyn Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6BS
Received 26 Jun 202534 Rookery View Grays Essex RM17 6AT
Received 26 Jun 2025Walton Hall Farm Waltons Hall Road Linford Essex SS17 0RH
Received 26 Jun 2025Ark Of The Covenant Prayer And Worship Tabernacle Quarry Hill Grays Essex RM17 5BT
Received 26 Jun 202546 Fairway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AD
Received 26 Jun 2025Telecommunications Mast And Cabinet Brentwood Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 24 Jun 2025Elms Farm Elms Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TS
Received 27 Jun 202572 Francisco Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6YD
Received 27 Jun 2025175 Rectory Road Grays Essex RM17 6AE
Received 27 Jun 202531 Giffords Cross Road Corringham Essex SS17 7PY
Received 27 Jun 2025Mill House Stifford Clays Road Orsett Essex RM16 3LX
Received 30 Jun 202580 St Andrews Way Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0FL
Received 30 Jun 2025Land Adjacent The Paddocks Hillcrest Road Horndon On The Hill Essex
Received 30 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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