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.
3,547 approved · 647 refused · 116 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Church Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 6QP
Received 14 Jul 202535 Stour Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BU
Received 10 Jul 2025Cadent Gas Ltd Gas Distribtion Station Robinson Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PU
Received 14 Jul 2025Land Adjacent Snake Spinney And New Covert Brentwood Road Orsett Essex
Received 14 Jul 202521 - 25 High Street Grays Essex
Received 14 Jul 20258 First Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3JR
Received 15 Jul 202529 High View Avenue Grays Essex RM17 6RU
Received 15 Jul 2025Flames 1 High Street Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0HF
Received 15 Jul 202542 Wickham Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4TU
Received 15 Jul 202524 Harding Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4XD
Received 15 Jul 202540 Kingsman Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0JW
Received 15 Jul 202511 The Pines Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AH
Received 15 Jul 2025Thurrock Lawn Tennis Club Montgomery Close Grays Essex RM16 2RL
Received 15 Jul 20253 Ridgwell Avenue Orsett Essex RM16 3HP
Received 16 Jul 2025142 Harrisons Wharf Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1QX
Received 16 Jul 2025Windermere Orsett Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8NS
Received 16 Jul 202533 St Johns Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4JU
Received 16 Jul 2025Nail Lover 18 Calcutta Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7QU
Received 16 Jul 202529 Lea Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4DD
Received 16 Jul 2025Magno Cafe 535 London Road South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4AD
Received 17 Jul 2025195 Whitmore Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HT
Received 17 Jul 202515 High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3ER
Received 17 Jul 202548 Moore Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8DP
Received 17 Jul 2025Land At 136 And 138 Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex
Received 17 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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