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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.
3,601 approved · 655 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Portland Lodge Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TJ
Received 19 Feb 2026Land To Rear Of 44 And 46 Bankfoot Adjacent Hogg Lane Grays Essex
Received 19 Feb 20268 Hollow Cottages London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1QP
Received 19 Feb 2026Viola Cottage High Road North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UE
Received 19 Feb 202642 London Road Grays Essex RM17 5XY
Received 19 Feb 202637 High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3ER
Received 19 Feb 2026Land To Rear Of 57 To 71 And 63 Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 20 Feb 2026Thurrock Football Club Ship Lane Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1YN
Received 20 Feb 202629 Manor Close Aveley Essex RM15 4EL
Received 19 Feb 2026The Willows 10 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TU
Received 23 Feb 2026Novia Furniture Unit E5 Lakeside Retail Park West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 1WN
Received 23 Feb 202618 Edith Way Corringham Essex SS17 9AF
Received 23 Feb 202633 Hope Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DH
Received 23 Feb 202629 Daniel Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PR
Received 23 Feb 2026166 Hathaway Road Grays Essex RM17 5LJ
Received 24 Feb 202625 Boscombe Avenue Grays Essex RM17 6AF
Received 24 Feb 20261 Cedar Rise South Ockendon Essex RM15 6RB
Received 24 Feb 2026Bannatyne's Health Club And Spa Howard Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6YJ
Received 24 Feb 20269 Semper Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4TX
Received 24 Feb 20264 The Firs Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HL
Received 25 Feb 2026Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Station Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8QR
Received 25 Feb 2026Land East Of The Proposed Thurrock Flexible Generation Site And South Of Station Road East Tilbury Essex
Received 25 Feb 2026North 2 Channel Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9FJ
Received 25 Feb 2026North 2 Channel Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9FJ
Received 25 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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