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.
3,582 approved · 651 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lime Kiln Farm Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM16 3HU
Received 4 Dec 2025Portland Lodge Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TJ
Received 4 Dec 202527 Flint Street West Thurrock Essex RM20 3HA
Received 4 Dec 202510 Samphire Court Grays Essex RM17 6UL
Received 5 Dec 202537 Martin Road Aveley Essex RM15 4TR
Received 5 Dec 2025118 Orchard Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HJ
Received 5 Dec 2025Agricultural Buildings Land Adjacent Buckingham Hill Road And Stanford Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 5 Dec 2025A G Young & Son Curtis Farm High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JJ
Received 5 Dec 2025A G Young & Son Curtis Farm High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JJ
Received 5 Dec 2025Willow Lodge Meesons Lane Grays Essex RM17 5HR
Received 8 Dec 20257 Shelford Close Orsett Essex RM16 3HN
Received 8 Dec 2025Portland Lodge Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TJ
Received 8 Dec 2025Inn On The Green The Green Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0ER
Received 8 Dec 2025Land North Of Sub Station (Major) Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex
Received 8 Dec 2025Land North Of Sub Station (Major) Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex
Received 8 Dec 2025176 - 178 Dock Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7BS
Received 8 Dec 202523 Carisbrooke Drive Corringham Essex SS17 7PL
Received 9 Dec 20254 Marram Court Grays Essex RM17 6UA
Received 9 Dec 20255 Malpas Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4QX
Received 9 Dec 2025Eurovia Infrastructure Solar Panels Innovation And Technology Centre Innovation Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 3DJ
Received 9 Dec 202524 Fenton Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6EP
Received 10 Dec 202559 Carew Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RZ
Received 10 Dec 20258 Medina Road Grays Essex RM17 6AQ
Received 10 Dec 2025White Stables Well Lane North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UE
Received 10 Dec 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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