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.
3,574 approved · 650 refused · 117 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Nov 2016 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 2 Greenwise Nurseries Vange Park Road Vange Essex SS16 5LA
Received 13 Oct 2025Centenary House Brennan Road Tilbury Essex
Received 10 Oct 2025Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 13 Oct 2025163 Heath View Road Grays Essex RM16 2RU
Received 13 Oct 202554 Mill Road Aveley Essex RM15 4SR
Received 13 Oct 20254 Bowerman Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4ET
Received 14 Oct 2025A G Young & Son Curtis Farm High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JJ
Received 14 Oct 2025Sleepy Hollow Farm Chadwell Road Grays Essex RM17 5TG
Received 14 Oct 202514 Sandpiper Close East Tilbury Essex RM18 8FA
Received 15 Oct 20259 - 51 Calcutta Road Tilbury Essex
Received 15 Oct 2025Chelmer House And Post Office Land River View Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 15 Oct 2025The Parade Hall Road Aveley Essex
Received 15 Oct 2025Block 77 To 107 River View Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 15 Oct 2025Recycled In Orsett Ltd Stanford Road Orsett Essex RM16 3BB
Received 14 Oct 202530 Hillcrest Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3DA
Received 16 Oct 2025Next Unit 200 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 16 Oct 20253 Jenningham Drive Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2DX
Received 16 Oct 202511A Sycamore Way South Ockendon Essex RM15 6XB
Received 17 Oct 2025Headstart Day And After School Care Afton Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5PA
Received 14 Oct 2025Chestnut Farm South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6DT
Received 17 Oct 20251 Callan Grove South Ockendon Essex RM15 5PW
Received 17 Oct 2025Land At Junction Of Rainbow Lane And High Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 17 Oct 2025Willow House 135 Mollands Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 6DL
Received 17 Oct 202531 Giffords Cross Road Corringham Essex SS17 7PY
Received 17 Oct 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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