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.
3,554 approved · 648 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Highway Land Adjacent 25 To 27 Derwent Parade South Ockendon Essex
Received 7 Aug 2025Highway Land Adjacent 18 To 24 King Street Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 7 Aug 2025Highway Land Adjacent 18 To 24 King Street Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 7 Aug 2025Land Adjacent 10 And 12 Calcutta Road Tilbury Essex
Received 7 Aug 2025Land Adjacent 10 And 12 Calcutta Road Tilbury Essex
Received 7 Aug 2025Highway Land Opposite 14 To 16 High Street Grays Essex
Received 7 Aug 2025Highway Land Opposite 14 To 16 High Street Grays Essex
Received 7 Aug 2025Land Adjacent 55 To 57 High Street Grays Essex
Received 7 Aug 2025Land Adjacent 55 To 57 High Street Grays Essex
Received 7 Aug 2025Collingwood Farm Brentwood Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DJ
Received 7 Aug 202522 Victoria Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2RP
Received 7 Aug 20259 Pinewood Close Linford Essex SS17 0RQ
Received 8 Aug 2025Oozedam High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HT
Received 8 Aug 20258 Malthouse Drive Grays Essex RM17 5FA
Received 8 Aug 2025Falconhurst Second Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DP
Received 8 Aug 2025Land To The North Of Godman Road Cedar Road Barry Close And Adjacent Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 1 Aug 2025Former Thurrock Meals On Wheels Depot Corran Way South Ockendon Essex RM15 6AP
Received 21 Jul 2025Procter & Gamble Product Supply (Uk) Ltd Land At Hedley Avenue West Thurrock Essex
Received 8 Aug 202560 Archates Avenue Grays Essex RM16 6QS
Received 8 Aug 202581 Malthouse Drive Grays Essex RM17 5FG
Received 11 Aug 202556 Chichester Close Aveley Essex RM15 4TA
Received 11 Aug 202521 Meadway Grays Essex RM17 5TA
Received 11 Aug 2025Turners Retreat Marshfoot Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4LU
Received 12 Aug 2025Langdon Hills Golf And Country Club Lower Dunton Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TY
Received 12 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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