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.
3,573 approved · 650 refused · 117 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Nov 2016 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Kenwood Road Corringham Essex SS17 9AZ
Received 7 Oct 202580 Calcutta Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7QJ
Received 7 Oct 20251 Butts Lane Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0LZ
Received 7 Oct 2025Magno Cafe 535 London Road South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4AD
Received 7 Oct 2025The Eves Malvina Close Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8QG
Received 8 Oct 202519 College Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5UN
Received 8 Oct 202553 Humber Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5JL
Received 8 Oct 202516 Founes Drive Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6DU
Received 9 Oct 20252 Rowan Grove Aveley Essex RM15 4SW
Received 9 Oct 202517 Francisco Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6YD
Received 9 Oct 2025Former Welfare Centre Ruskin Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 9 Oct 2025153 London Road Grays Essex RM17 5YD
Received 9 Oct 20259 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TP
Received 9 Oct 202541 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6QJ
Received 9 Oct 20251 Guardian Avenue North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UP
Received 9 Oct 202516 Kennet Green South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RB
Received 9 Oct 20256 Newnham Place Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4HR
Received 9 Oct 202563 Grovelands Way Grays Essex RM17 5YQ
Received 10 Oct 2025GC Distribution Beacon Hill Industrial Estate Botany Way Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1SR
Received 10 Oct 202511 Crescent Way Aveley Essex RM15 4TJ
Received 10 Oct 202518 Halt Drive Linford Essex SS17 0RA
Received 10 Oct 2025Land Adjacent Dell Road And Orsett Road Grays Essex
Received 10 Oct 202523 Carisbrooke Drive Corringham Essex SS17 7PL
Received 10 Oct 202547 Duarte Place Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PH
Received 13 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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