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3,574 approved · 650 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
91A Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6RA
Received 30 Oct 202546 Digby Road Corringham Essex SS17 9BT
Received 28 Oct 20252 Ashley Gardens Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2LR
Received 30 Oct 20259 Quince Tree Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6NL
Received 30 Oct 202566 Orchard Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HH
Received 30 Oct 2025Telecommunications Mast 2 And Equipment Cabinet Barvills Farm Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex
Received 29 Oct 202532 Mollands Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 6DB
Received 31 Oct 202549 Daniel Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PR
Received 31 Oct 2025Cliff House Meesons Lane Grays Essex RM17 5HR
Received 31 Oct 2025Cliff House Meesons Lane Grays Essex RM17 5HR
Received 31 Oct 20257 Irvine Gardens South Ockendon Essex RM15 5JP
Received 31 Oct 2025Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex
Received 31 Oct 202556 Ward Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RW
Received 3 Nov 202531 Elmdon Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 5BF
Received 3 Nov 202533 Usk Road Aveley Essex RM15 4PB
Received 3 Nov 2025Davall House Greenwood House And Butler House Argent Street Grays Essex
Received 3 Nov 2025Arthur Toft House George Crooks House And Lionel Oxley House New Road Grays Essex
Received 3 Nov 2025Local Express Supermarket 587 - 589 London Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 4AR
Received 4 Nov 20256 Stour Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BS
Received 4 Nov 202516 Belhouse Avenue Aveley Essex RM15 4BF
Received 4 Nov 202521 Francis Close Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8NT
Received 4 Nov 2025Land Adjacent Vopak Oil Terminal Burnley Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 4 Nov 2025121 Mollands Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 6DJ
Received 4 Nov 20257 Milton Road Grays Essex RM17 5EZ
Received 5 Nov 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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