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.
3,563 approved · 649 refused · 117 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Nov 2016 to 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fujitsu Services Units 2 - 5 Lakeside Distribution Centre Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3FJ
Received 22 Aug 2025Production House Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8RJ
Received 26 Aug 20251 Crest Avenue Grays Essex RM17 6RW
Received 26 Aug 2025Lidl St Chads Road Tilbury Essex
Received 26 Aug 2025Lidl St Chads Road Tilbury Essex
Received 26 Aug 20257 Meadway Grays Essex RM17 5TA
Received 26 Aug 202570 Argent Street Grays Essex RM17 6PG
Received 26 Aug 20256 Monnow Green Aveley Essex RM15 4RR
Received 27 Aug 2025Telecommunications Equipment Stanford House Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex
Received 26 Aug 202510 Fullarton Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5HN
Received 27 Aug 202518 St Leonards Close Grays Essex RM17 6GT
Received 28 Aug 202537 Teviot Avenue Aveley Essex RM15 4QD
Received 28 Aug 20251 - 6 Vine Cottages The Royal Hotel London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1QA
Received 29 Aug 202526 Birch Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6XD
Received 1 Sept 202518 Hepburn Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6LZ
Received 1 Sept 2025Millhaven Mill Road Aveley Essex RM15 4SR
Received 1 Sept 2025Orsett Golf Club Brentwood Road Orsett Essex RM16 3DR
Received 2 Sept 20257 Irvine Gardens South Ockendon Essex RM15 5JP
Received 2 Sept 202523 Carisbrooke Drive Corringham Essex SS17 7PL
Received 2 Sept 2025Land South Of Railway Line And North Southend Road Corringham Essex
Received 2 Sept 20253A Mill Road Aveley Essex RM15 4SJ
Received 3 Sept 202533 Gunning Road Grays Essex RM17 6UQ
Received 3 Sept 2025Willow Cottage Southend Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9EY
Received 3 Sept 202547 - 49 The Geerings Corringham Essex
Received 3 Sept 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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