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.
3,600 approved · 655 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Lampits Lane Corringham Essex SS17 9AD
Received 16 Feb 202612 Wingfield Drive Orsett Essex RM16 3HE
Received 16 Feb 2026148 Stifford Clays Road Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2DR
Received 16 Feb 202616 Draycote Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3BF
Received 16 Feb 202640 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TT
Received 16 Feb 202617 Rodings Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DX
Received 16 Feb 20262 Rowan Grove Aveley Essex RM15 4SW
Received 16 Feb 2026Valhala Stanford Road Orsett Essex RM16 3BX
Received 16 Feb 2026Thurrock Football Club Ship Lane Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1YN
Received 16 Feb 20261 Oaklands Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HL
Received 16 Feb 2026Land Adjcent The Flagship Centre London Road Tilbury Essex
Received 16 Feb 202620 Dartview Close Grays Essex RM17 5TL
Received 16 Feb 202620 Stifford Road Aveley Essex RM15 4AA
Received 16 Feb 202610 Hyde Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RR
Received 17 Feb 202616 Brindles Close Linford Essex SS17 0RS
Received 17 Feb 2026Elms Farm Elms Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TS
Received 17 Feb 2026Church Hall St Michael's Church High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JH
Received 17 Feb 20266A King Edward Drive Grays Essex RM16 2GG
Received 17 Feb 20268 High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3ER
Received 18 Feb 202632 Windsor Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2UB
Received 18 Feb 202638 Birch Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TZ
Received 18 Feb 202626 Advice Avenue Grays Essex RM16 6QN
Received 18 Feb 202691 Humber Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5JW
Received 19 Feb 202680A Hogg Lane Grays Essex RM17 5QT
Received 19 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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