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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.
3,591 approved · 653 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 London Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8DU
Received 5 Jan 2026Thurrock Lawn Tennis Club Montgomery Close Grays Essex RM16 2RL
Received 6 Jan 20261 Bull Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PN
Received 7 Jan 2026Stable View Inglefield Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HW
Received 7 Jan 2026118 Orchard Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HJ
Received 7 Jan 202647 - 49 The Geerings Corringham Essex
Received 8 Jan 2026Villa Mortimer Old Hill Avenue Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6JE
Received 9 Jan 2026Old State Cinema George Street Grays Essex RM17 6LY
Received 9 Jan 2026Old State Cinema George Street Grays Essex RM17 6LY
Received 9 Jan 202611 Crescent Way Aveley Essex RM15 4TJ
Received 9 Jan 2026Aveley Post Office 74 High Street Aveley Essex RM15 4BX
Received 9 Jan 20265 Fieldwood Way Bulphan Essex RM14 3EF
Received 9 Jan 2026Former Prince Of Wales West Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 8 Jan 2026Primark Unit 425 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZJ
Received 9 Jan 20269 Semper Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4TX
Received 9 Jan 20265 Hodges Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6EN
Received 9 Jan 202660 Whitmore Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HU
Received 12 Jan 20264 Crofton Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7TD
Received 12 Jan 2026137 High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3LD
Received 12 Jan 202639 First Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3JR
Received 12 Jan 2026First Bungalow Thames Haven Road Corringham Essex SS17 7QJ
Received 12 Jan 20269 Semper Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4TX
Received 12 Jan 2026Church Hall St Margaret's Church The Green Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0EP
Received 12 Jan 202635 Orchis Grove Grays Essex RM17 5JG
Received 12 Jan 2026Records 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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