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.
3,607 approved · 656 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
188 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM16 2TP
Received 9 Mar 2026Jemaine 3 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8AZ
Received 9 Mar 202621 - 25 High Street Grays Essex
Received 9 Mar 202644 Rookery View Grays Essex RM17 6AU
Received 10 Mar 202615 Stour Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BS
Received 10 Mar 202615 Stour Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BS
Received 10 Mar 2026Saxonville Fourth Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8HN
Received 10 Mar 2026Thurrock Football Club Ship Lane Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1YN
Received 10 Mar 2026Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 10 Mar 202620 Ulverston Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1SW
Received 11 Mar 20261 Gordon Road Grays Essex RM16 2GN
Received 11 Mar 202661 Cedar Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4SX
Received 11 Mar 202641 Fyfield Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5QE
Received 12 Mar 202623 Tomkins Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8QU
Received 12 Mar 202610 Fullarton Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5HN
Received 12 Mar 202610 Bata Mews East Tilbury Essex RM18 8FR
Received 12 Mar 202621 Barle Gardens South Ockendon Essex RM15 5QP
Received 12 Mar 2026Royal Air Forces Association 61 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NL
Received 13 Mar 2026Land At Mucking Marshes Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 13 Mar 2026Police Station Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5LJ
Received 13 Mar 2026Police Station Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5LJ
Received 13 Mar 2026Land South Of And Adjacent To Landfill Solar Farm Medebridge Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 13 Mar 20263 Craftsman Close Grays Essex RM16 2FB
Received 13 Mar 20267 Gideons Way Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8EE
Received 13 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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