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.
3,598 approved · 655 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Barns High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3ER
Received 9 Feb 2026Land Adjacent Fen Farm Judds Farm And Part Of Bulphan Fen Harrow Lane Bulphan Essex
Received 4 Feb 202654 Fetherston Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0BU
Received 9 Feb 202619 Stifford Road Aveley Essex RM15 4BS
Received 9 Feb 20265 Linley Close East Tilbury Essex RM18 8PT
Received 9 Feb 2026Ohana Parental Assessment Centre 53 Palmers Drive Grays Essex RM17 5RA
Received 9 Feb 2026Lyndhurst Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3SL
Received 10 Feb 202649 Chestnut Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UH
Received 10 Feb 202677 Wood View Grays Essex RM16 2GP
Received 10 Feb 202628 Birch Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6XD
Received 10 Feb 202621 Calshot Avenue Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6QY
Received 11 Feb 202621 Calshot Avenue Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6QY
Received 11 Feb 2026Far Niente Orsett Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PN
Received 11 Feb 202668 Orchard Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HH
Received 11 Feb 2026Lidl St Chads Road Tilbury Essex
Received 12 Feb 20261 Oaklands Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HL
Received 12 Feb 2026Olive Roots 37 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NH
Received 12 Feb 2026Willow Cottage 16 Inglefield Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HW
Received 13 Feb 202613 Finchley Road Grays Essex RM17 6RG
Received 13 Feb 202619 Barstable Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NX
Received 13 Feb 2026Ark Of The Covenant Prayer And Worship Tabernacle Quarry Hill Grays Essex RM17 5BT
Received 13 Feb 202621 Cecil Avenue Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6QA
Received 13 Feb 202621 Sandpiper Close East Tilbury Essex RM18 8FA
Received 16 Feb 202670 Gilbert Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NR
Received 16 Feb 2026Records 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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