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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.
3,595 approved · 655 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
School House Annalee Gardens South Ockendon Essex RM15 5DE
Received 27 Jan 202617 Belmont Road Grays Essex RM17 5YJ
Received 27 Jan 2026Telecommunications Mast Adjacent Existing Blackshots Lane Grays Essex
Received 26 Jan 2026263 Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2QD
Received 27 Jan 202612 Arnhem Avenue Aveley Essex RM15 4AP
Received 27 Jan 2026Workshop Adjacent And Timber Mews Rear Of 1 Chadwell Road Grays Essex
Received 27 Jan 2026Rose Cottage Collingwood Farm Brentwood Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DJ
Received 27 Jan 202619 Carisbrooke Drive Corringham Essex SS17 7PL
Received 28 Jan 20265 Hodges Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6EN
Received 28 Jan 20265 Hodges Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6EN
Received 28 Jan 2026Inn On The Green The Green Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0ER
Received 28 Jan 2026Inn On The Green The Green Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0ER
Received 28 Jan 2026Land Adjacent Green Lane Bridleway 161 And Stifford Clays Road Orsett Essex
Received 28 Jan 202658 Sunliner Way South Ockendon Essex RM15 5FS
Received 28 Jan 2026Lime Kiln Farm Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM16 3HU
Received 28 Jan 2026Land Adjacent Aveley ByPass And Mill Road Aveley Essex
Received 28 Jan 202614 Broadway Grays Essex RM17 6EW
Received 28 Jan 20261 Romagne Close Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8LH
Received 29 Jan 2026Cameron Lodge Mill Lane Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8LY
Received 29 Jan 2026Thurrock Peri Peri 8 Corringham Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0AH
Received 29 Jan 20261 Butts Lane Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0LZ
Received 29 Jan 202629 Devonshire Close Grays Essex RM20 4BT
Received 29 Jan 2026G A F Heley Properties Trafalgar House 712 London Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3JT
Received 30 Jan 2026Yeomans Teviot Avenue Aveley Essex
Received 30 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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