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.
3,608 approved · 657 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Linley Close East Tilbury Essex RM18 8PT
Received 19 Mar 2026Bonnygate Primary School Arisdale Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5BA
Received 19 Mar 202633 Dukes Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5AG
Received 19 Mar 20266 Parr Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RU
Received 20 Mar 2026153 London Road Grays Essex RM17 5YD
Received 20 Mar 202640 Kingsman Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0JW
Received 20 Mar 2026Priory Mini Buses One Tree Hill Corringham Essex SS17 9NH
Received 20 Mar 202612 Chance Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6QE
Received 23 Mar 2026153 London Road Grays Essex RM17 5YD
Received 23 Mar 2026St John The Baptist Church Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 23 Mar 202647 Annalee Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 5BZ
Received 23 Mar 202613 Carisbrooke Drive Corringham Essex SS17 7PL
Received 23 Mar 2026Telephone Exchange 25 - 27 Fetherston Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0BT
Received 23 Mar 2026Quirk Deakin 42 Orsett Road Grays Essex RM17 5EB
Received 23 Mar 2026Quirk Deakin 42 Orsett Road Grays Essex RM17 5EB
Received 23 Mar 202614 Church Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 6QP
Received 24 Mar 202614 Park Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0LR
Received 24 Mar 202617 Button Road Grays Essex RM17 5HE
Received 24 Mar 2026Micro Energy Storage Project Lakeside Retail Park West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex
Received 24 Mar 20261 Chamberlain Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7PA
Received 24 Mar 202675 Godman Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4TD
Received 25 Mar 202648 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TT
Received 25 Mar 2026Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 25 Mar 2026Clearserve Rainbow Shaw Quarry Hoford Road West Tilbury Essex SS17 0PY
Received 25 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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