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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.
3,608 approved · 656 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heley International 690 London Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3JT
Received 16 Mar 2026Lakeside Centre Management Suite Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZJ
Received 16 Mar 2026Lakeside Centre Management Suite Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZJ
Received 16 Mar 2026Unit 229 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 16 Mar 20263 Syringa Court Grays Essex RM17 6XA
Received 16 Mar 202656 Grangewood Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2GJ
Received 16 Mar 2026St John The Baptist Church Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 16 Mar 2026Land Adjacent Railway Line And Tamarisk Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 16 Mar 2026Inn On The Green The Green Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0ER
Received 16 Mar 202640 Stour Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BU
Received 17 Mar 202631 Lytton Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4EU
Received 17 Mar 2026North 2 Channel Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9FJ
Received 17 Mar 202644 Charlton Street South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XU
Received 17 Mar 20269 The Rookery West Thurrock Essex RM20 3HB
Received 17 Mar 202668 Orchard Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HH
Received 17 Mar 2026Land Adjacent Dell Road And Orsett Road Grays Essex
Received 17 Mar 2026Park House Prince Charles Avenue Orsett Essex RM16 3HS
Received 18 Mar 2026241 Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SB
Received 18 Mar 20262 The Spinney Orsett Essex RM16 3EJ
Received 18 Mar 202614 Church Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 6QP
Received 18 Mar 202631 Fairway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AJ
Received 18 Mar 20263 Oak Road Grays Essex RM17 6JX
Received 19 Mar 202638 College Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5UN
Received 19 Mar 2026Tilbury Community Hub Civic Square Tilbury Essex RM18 8AD
Received 19 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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