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.
3,579 approved · 651 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Hillcrest Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3DA
Received 21 Nov 202510 Farrow Gardens Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2EU
Received 21 Nov 202525 Spencer Walk Tilbury Essex RM18 8XH
Received 21 Nov 2025Storage Land White Stables Well Lane North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UE
Received 21 Nov 20256 Newnham Place Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4HR
Received 24 Nov 202536 Randall Drive Orsett Essex RM16 3GT
Received 24 Nov 20251 Central Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 7RX
Received 24 Nov 2025Ohana Parental Assessment Centre 53 Palmers Drive Grays Essex RM17 5RA
Received 24 Nov 2025Woodlands Edge Broxburn Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RD
Received 24 Nov 2025Units E1 And E2 Lakeside Retail Park West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex
Received 24 Nov 202549 Thomas Bata Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SH
Received 24 Nov 202527 Flint Street West Thurrock Essex RM20 3HA
Received 25 Nov 2025Kids R Us Arisdale Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AS
Received 25 Nov 202510 Chantry Crescent Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0DN
Received 25 Nov 2025Former 76 High Street Grays Essex RM17 6HU
Received 25 Nov 20258 Prince Philip Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2BS
Received 26 Nov 202523 Carisbrooke Drive Corringham Essex SS17 7PL
Received 26 Nov 202535 Cowper Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8AS
Received 26 Nov 2025The Gurmeet 1 Hyde Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RR
Received 26 Nov 202597 Lampits Hill Corringham Essex SS17 9AB
Received 26 Nov 20257 Erriff Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AN
Received 27 Nov 202591 Humber Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5JW
Received 27 Nov 20258 Hollow Cottages London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1QP
Received 27 Nov 2025Costco Wholesale West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 3WY
Received 27 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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