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.
3,605 approved · 655 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59 Corringham Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NU
Received 4 Mar 2026104 Victoria Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2RW
Received 4 Mar 2026104 Victoria Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2RW
Received 4 Mar 20261 Macleod Close Grays Essex RM17 5RD
Received 4 Mar 2026Land Adjacent And To Rear Of 192D To 246 Blackshots Lane Grays Essex
Received 4 Mar 2026Land Adjacent 43 And To Rear Of 45 To 47 River View Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 4 Mar 2026Stanford Tyres And Servicing Rear Of 16 London Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0LD
Received 5 Mar 2026The Rectory 18 North Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6QJ
Received 5 Mar 202675 Kingsman Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0JN
Received 3 Mar 2026Roma Inglefield Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HW
Received 5 Mar 20264 The Limes Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1SH
Received 5 Mar 2026Town Centre Car Park King Street Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 5 Mar 2026Land At Hill Farm Old Church Hill Langdon Hills Essex
Received 5 Mar 2026Amazon Unit 2 Tower Thurrock Oliver Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3ED
Received 5 Mar 2026Land Adjacent Adstock Way Pagette Way Bankfoot And Hogg Lane Grays Essex
Received 5 Mar 2026104 Thames Crescent Corringham Essex SS17 9DZ
Received 6 Mar 202621 Cecil Avenue Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6QA
Received 6 Mar 2026Land Adjacent 12 On West Side Of Tenants Row Tilbury Freeport Tilbury
Received 6 Mar 2026Land And Buildings 146 - 240 Teviot Avenue Aveley Essex
Received 9 Mar 2026Land And Buildings 158 - 228 Teviot Avenue Aveley Essex
Received 9 Mar 2026Unit 1A Thurrock Shopping Park Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3LP
Received 9 Mar 2026Guess UK West 4 North Sea Crossing Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9ER
Received 9 Mar 2026BP Orsett Cock Petrol Station Westbound Stanford Interchange To Orsett Cock Roundabout Westbound Stanford Le Hope Essex RM16 3BJ
Received 9 Mar 2026Land Adjacent Carlton High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 9 Mar 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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