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.
3,570 approved · 650 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Rear Of 42-44 Fairview Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 15 Sept 2025Jack O Lantern Daiglen Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AE
Received 15 Sept 2025Jack O Lantern Daiglen Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AE
Received 15 Sept 2025Land To Rear Of 36 To 54 Grovelands Way Adjacent Bankfoot Grays Essex
Received 16 Sept 2025Aveley Tyre Centre Ship Lane Aveley Essex RM15 4HB
Received 17 Sept 202518 Marlow Avenue Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1GD
Received 18 Sept 2025Jack O Lantern Daiglen Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AE
Received 19 Sept 202550 Byron Gardens Tilbury Essex RM18 8BD
Received 24 Sept 2025Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 24 Sept 2025Former Welfare Centre Ruskin Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 25 Sept 202542 Wickham Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4TU
Received 26 Sept 2025Land Rear Of Ewen House High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 25 Sept 2025Car Park Thurrock Shopping Park Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex
Received 26 Sept 2025Medina Farm Telecommunications Mast 1 Dennises Lane Upminster Essex
Received 26 Sept 202516 Connaught Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2XX
Received 29 Sept 2025141 Abbotts Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7BW
Received 29 Sept 202552 Norfolk Place Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6DE
Received 29 Sept 2025Land Adjacent Lowlands 242 Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 25 Sept 2025Land Opposite Woolings Row And Woolings Close Baker Street Orsett Essex
Received 25 Sept 202542 North Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1TU
Received 30 Sept 202513 Montfort Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7PP
Received 30 Sept 2025Brynmount Lodge High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HN
Received 30 Sept 2025Lakeside Centre Management Suite Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZP
Received 30 Sept 2025Street Farm Dental Studio 1 - 2 Street Farm West Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6PL
Received 30 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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