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.
3,551 approved · 647 refused · 117 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Nov 2016 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 30 Jul 2025Thurrock Football Club Ship Lane Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1YN
Received 31 Jul 20259 Fyfield Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5QE
Received 31 Jul 202547 Somerset Road Linford Essex SS17 0PZ
Received 31 Jul 202514 Wood View Grays Essex RM17 5TF
Received 31 Jul 20259 St Patricks Place Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4NP
Received 1 Aug 20254 Penn Close Orsett Essex RM16 3ED
Received 1 Aug 2025Nando's Unit C2 Lakeside Retail Park West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 1WN
Received 1 Aug 2025Nando's Unit C2 Lakeside Retail Park West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 1WN
Received 1 Aug 2025108B Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LB
Received 1 Aug 2025Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex
Received 1 Aug 202512 Southwell Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6AY
Received 1 Aug 202528 Windstar Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5LG
Received 4 Aug 202537 Poplar Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TU
Received 4 Aug 2025Quince Tree House Quince Tree Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6NL
Received 4 Aug 2025EDL Operations Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0RN
Received 5 Aug 202518 Danbury Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5XF
Received 6 Aug 2025Amenity Hub Ocean Boulevard Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 31 Jul 202524 - 26 Grover Walk Corringham Essex SS17 7LY
Received 6 Aug 20251 Plough Cottages China Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3RP
Received 6 Aug 202511 Ellis Close Orsett Essex RM16 3DN
Received 6 Aug 202598 King Edward Drive Grays Essex RM16 2GD
Received 6 Aug 2025Carolyne House Waterson Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4LD
Received 7 Aug 2025Highway Land Adjacent 25 To 27 Derwent Parade South Ockendon Essex
Received 7 Aug 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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