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.
3,571 approved · 650 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Button Road Grays Essex RM17 5HE
Received 30 Sept 2025ECS Haulage Yard Two Burrows Farm Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TL
Received 30 Sept 2025Sleepy Hollow Farm Chadwell Road Grays Essex RM17 5TG
Received 2 Oct 202513 - 15 Clarence Road Grays Essex
Received 2 Oct 2025125 Cole Avenue Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4JZ
Received 2 Oct 202522 Rookwood Close Grays Essex RM17 5JR
Received 2 Oct 202516 - 19 Colne Close South Ockendon Essex
Received 3 Oct 2025Telecommunications Mast 1 Cherry Orchard Farm Conways Road Orsett Essex
Received 2 Oct 2025Whittakers Nursery Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 3 Oct 202517 Nordmann Place South Ockendon Essex RM15 6XA
Received 3 Oct 202565 Ruskin Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4HB
Received 3 Oct 2025Annexe Suttons Farm House Waltons Hall Road Linford Essex SS17 0RH
Received 6 Oct 2025101 Bradleigh Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RH
Received 6 Oct 202563 Grovelands Way Grays Essex RM17 5YQ
Received 6 Oct 2025Former 76 High Street Grays Essex RM17 6HU
Received 6 Oct 2025Container Storage Yard London Gateway Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 2 Oct 202546 Gardner Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7SD
Received 6 Oct 2025166 Hathaway Road Grays Essex RM17 5LJ
Received 6 Oct 2025Gammon Stables Farmhouse Baker Street Orsett Essex RM16 3LJ
Received 3 Oct 202510 Kerry Road Grays Essex RM16 2QJ
Received 7 Oct 202510 Kerry Road Grays Essex RM16 2QJ
Received 7 Oct 2025101 Bradleigh Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RH
Received 7 Oct 202551 St Francis Way Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4RB
Received 7 Oct 2025634 London Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3JT
Received 7 Oct 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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