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.
3,541 approved · 646 refused · 116 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 Windsor Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UA
Received 1 Jul 2025Thurrock Council Civic Offices New Road Grays Essex RM17 6SL
Received 1 Jul 2025The White House Well Lane North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UE
Received 1 Jul 2025Bevan House And Morrison House Jesmond Road Grays Essex
Received 16 Jun 2025The Robins High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HG
Received 1 Jul 202590 Dock Road Grays Essex RM17 6EY
Received 26 Jun 202536 Thomas Bata Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SH
Received 1 Jul 2025The Gardens Stifford Hill North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UJ
Received 2 Jul 202568 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TT
Received 2 Jul 2025Greenacres Mews High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 2 Jul 2025Brooklyn Kennels Black Bush Lane Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PT
Received 2 Jul 2025Land At Far East Of Stanhope Industrial Park Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 2 Jul 20252 Wingfield Drive Orsett Essex RM16 3HE
Received 3 Jul 2025359 Ashley Close Corringham Essex SS17 7JP
Received 3 Jul 2025Langdon Hills Golf And Country Club Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TY
Received 3 Jul 202573 Calshot Avenue Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NS
Received 4 Jul 202529 Chantry Crescent Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0DN
Received 4 Jul 202511 Diamond Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PU
Received 7 Jul 202522 Gabion Avenue Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1SE
Received 7 Jul 202575 Rectory Road Grays Essex RM17 6AW
Received 7 Jul 2025Totley Greyhound Lane Orsett Essex RM16 3AB
Received 7 Jul 2025Telecommunications Equipment Adjacent 1 Williamsons Way Southend Road Corringham Essex
Received 4 Jul 2025Telecommunications Equipment Adjacent 41 Corringham Road Scratton Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 4 Jul 2025MJ Inkjet 140A Hathaway Road Grays Essex RM17 5LD
Received 7 Jul 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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