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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3,608 approved · 659 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Elmway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HS
Received 9 Apr 2026Tasty African Food 38 High Street Grays Essex RM17 6NA
Received 10 Apr 2026128 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8BY
Received 10 Apr 202638 Cedar Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4SX
Received 10 Apr 2026North 2 Channel Close Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9FJ
Received 10 Apr 2026ISO Tank Oliver Close West Thurrock Essex RM20 3EE
Received 10 Apr 20261 - 7 Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0BZ
Received 13 Apr 20261 St Clements Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3BU
Received 13 Apr 2026Industrial Chemicals Stoneness Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3AG
Received 13 Apr 2026Sandown Nurseries Sandown Road Orsett Essex
Received 13 Apr 2026118 Orchard Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6HJ
Received 13 Apr 202626 Birch Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6XD
Received 14 Apr 2026Land To The North Of Godman Road Cedar Road Barry Close And Adjacent Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 14 Apr 2026Loft Hall Brentwood Road Orsett Essex RM16 3BD
Received 14 Apr 202615 Hatton Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RP
Received 15 Apr 2026Lounge Bar Unit 4 Lakeside Business Village Fleming Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6EW
Received 15 Apr 2026A G Young & Son Curtis Farm High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JJ
Received 15 Apr 202615 Stour Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BS
Received 16 Apr 2026Church House 5 High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3ER
Received 16 Apr 2026Industrial Chemicals Stoneness Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3AG
Received 17 Apr 202659 Cullen Square South Ockendon Essex RM15 6AD
Received 17 Apr 2026Land At Hill Farm Old Church Hill Langdon Hills Essex
Received 17 Apr 20265 Kendale Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4SL
Received 17 Apr 202641 Joslin Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1RX
Received 20 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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