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3,574 approved · 650 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
176 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM16 2TP
Received 17 Oct 2025Land Adjacent Starlight Patricia Drive Fobbing Essex
Received 20 Oct 202519 Loman Path South Ockendon Essex RM15 5HL
Received 20 Oct 2025Land For Telecommunications Mast And Equipment Cabinates Corringham Fire Station Fobbing Road Corringham Essex
Received 21 Oct 202533 Cornwell Crescent Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7DJ
Received 21 Oct 2025Land South Of Bretts Farm Romford Road Aveley Essex
Received 22 Oct 2025MJ Inkjet 140A Hathaway Road Grays Essex RM17 5LD
Received 22 Oct 202534 Victory Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RT
Received 23 Oct 202511 Saladin Drive Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1QF
Received 23 Oct 2025Land Adjacent Biggin Lane And Chadwell Hill Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 24 Oct 2025Infastructure Road Off Ocean Boulevard Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 23 Oct 2025Grays Complentary Clinic 2 Cromwell Road Grays Essex RM17 5HF
Received 24 Oct 2025136 Purfleet Road Aveley Essex RM15 4EA
Received 27 Oct 2025Woodlands Edge Broxburn Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RD
Received 27 Oct 2025Land Adjacent 12 On West Side Of Tenants Row Tilbury Freeport Tilbury
Received 27 Oct 202530 Hillcrest Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3DA
Received 27 Oct 202529 Rushdon Close Grays Essex RM17 5QN
Received 27 Oct 202515 Kelvinside Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8BP
Received 28 Oct 202520 Woodend Close Grays Essex RM17 5FN
Received 28 Oct 202544 Wallace Road Grays Essex RM17 5AZ
Received 28 Oct 2025Land Including Lake And Pond North Of Harrys Place Buckles Lane South Ockendon Essex
Received 28 Oct 2025Kings House The Green West Tilbury Essex RM18 8TU
Received 29 Oct 2025Land Part Of Car Park West Thurrock Retail Park Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex
Received 29 Oct 2025Clock Tower Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex
Received 30 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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