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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.
3,617 approved · 664 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 High View Avenue Grays Essex RM17 6RU
Received 4 May 202696 Daiglen Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RP
Received 4 May 202617 Rowan Grove Aveley Essex RM15 4SW
Received 4 May 202636 Grove Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0ED
Received 5 May 2026Thameside Primary School Manor Road Grays Essex RM17 6EF
Received 5 May 2026The Larches Rectory Road Orsett Essex RM16 3EH
Received 5 May 20263 Wheatley Road Corringham Essex SS17 9EQ
Received 5 May 20263 Wheatley Road Corringham Essex SS17 9EQ
Received 5 May 20266 Ardmore Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 5TH
Received 6 May 202632 Rainbow Lane Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0AS
Received 6 May 202649 Feenan Highway Tilbury Essex RM18 8ES
Received 6 May 20269 Leasway Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HD
Received 6 May 2026Bulk 250 Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3LJ
Received 6 May 202635 Orchis Grove Grays Essex RM17 5JG
Received 7 May 2026Bridge View Industrial Estate London Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 7 May 2026Phoenix GP Surgery Group East Tilbury Medical Centre 85 Coronation Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SW
Received 7 May 2026Medina Farm Dennises Lane Upminster Essex RM14 2XB
Received 7 May 2026175 Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2PS
Received 7 May 202619 Carisbrooke Drive Corringham Essex SS17 7PL
Received 7 May 202617 Bradleigh Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5XD
Received 8 May 2026Sandown Nurseries Sandown Road Orsett Essex
Received 8 May 2026St Josephs Catholic Primary School Scratton Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0PA
Received 8 May 2026Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Daiglen Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RP
Received 8 May 202613 Gardner Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7SE
Received 11 May 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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