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3,608 approved · 659 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Rookwood Close Grays Essex RM17 5JR
Received 1 Apr 2026172 Garron Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5LA
Received 2 Apr 20262 Gordon Road Corringham Essex SS17 7RG
Received 2 Apr 20262 Auckland Close Tilbury Essex RM18 7PL
Received 2 Apr 2026Land To Rear Of 36 To 54 Grovelands Way Adjacent Bankfoot Grays Essex
Received 2 Apr 20262A Rowley Road Orsett Essex RM16 3ET
Received 2 Apr 202678 Courtney Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4TY
Received 2 Apr 2026Cobblers Mede Lake Church Road Corringham Essex
Received 2 Apr 2026Land Adjacent Dell Road And Orsett Road Grays Essex
Received 2 Apr 2026Willow Cottage Southend Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9EY
Received 6 Apr 20267 Central Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0BX
Received 6 Apr 202668 Orchard Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HH
Received 6 Apr 20267 Kendale Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4SL
Received 7 Apr 2026Mill House Mill Lane Orsett Essex RM16 3JP
Received 7 Apr 202612 Kendale Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4SL
Received 7 Apr 20264 Lowlands Road Aveley Essex RM15 4ED
Received 7 Apr 202620 Tomkins Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8QU
Received 7 Apr 2026Land Adjacent 43 And To Rear Of 45 To 47 River View Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 7 Apr 20261 Oaklands Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HL
Received 8 Apr 202615 Palmerston Gardens South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4YJ
Received 8 Apr 2026St John The Baptist Church Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 8 Apr 202651 Heath View Road Grays Essex RM16 2RS
Received 9 Apr 202651 Heath View Road Grays Essex RM16 2RS
Received 9 Apr 202618 Daiglen Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RN
Received 9 Apr 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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