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3,547 approved · 647 refused · 116 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
74 Lampits Hill Corringham Essex SS17 9AJ
Received 18 Jul 2025Land Adjacent Vopak Oil Terminal Burnley Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 18 Jul 2025Land Adjacent Vopak Oil Terminal Burnley Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 18 Jul 2025St John The Baptist Church Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 21 Jul 2025St John The Baptist Church Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 21 Jul 2025Sub Station Opposite Johns Way Buckles Lane South Ockendon Essex
Received 11 Jul 2025Land Opposite And Adjacent To Johns Way Buckles Lane South Ockendon Essex
Received 11 Jul 2025Units G H And I Hume Avenue Tilbury Essex
Received 21 Jul 202578 Fairway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AJ
Received 21 Jul 202552 Fairview Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0DT
Received 21 Jul 20254 Giffordside Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4JA
Received 21 Jul 202517 Connaught Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2XR
Received 21 Jul 202591 Ingleby Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4RA
Received 21 Jul 2025Sherwood 34 First Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8AD
Received 22 Jul 2025The Willows 10 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TU
Received 22 Jul 2025100 Purfleet Road Aveley Essex RM15 4EA
Received 22 Jul 2025Bleangate Rectory Road Orsett Essex RM16 3JU
Received 23 Jul 2025Treetops School Buxton Road Grays Essex RM16 2WU
Received 23 Jul 202527 Edmund Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6HA
Received 23 Jul 202520 Park Road Corringham Essex SS17 7PX
Received 23 Jul 2025109 Purfleet Road Aveley Essex RM15 4DS
Received 24 Jul 20256 Morley Square Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4EB
Received 24 Jul 2025Land And Buildings 146 - 240 Teviot Avenue Aveley Essex
Received 24 Jul 20256 Francisco Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6YD
Received 24 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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