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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.
3,620 approved · 664 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Sabina Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4PJ
Received 11 May 2026Lyndhurst Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3SL
Received 11 May 2026Unit 7B Thurrock Shopping Park Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3LP
Received 11 May 2026227 Southend Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7AB
Received 11 May 2026Land To The South Of National Grids Electrical Substation For New Cable Tunnel Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 11 May 202614 Birch Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TZ
Received 11 May 20267 Draycote Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3BF
Received 11 May 2026176 Abbotts Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7BW
Received 12 May 2026Hollycrest Mill Lane Orsett Essex RM16 3JP
Received 7 May 202673 Coronation Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SW
Received 12 May 202696 Thames Crescent Corringham Essex SS17 9DZ
Received 12 May 202639 Triumph Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RQ
Received 12 May 202639 Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2JT
Received 13 May 2026Former Church Hall Foxton Road South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4AB
Received 13 May 20268 Church Row Malting Lane Orsett Essex RM16 3HL
Received 13 May 202620 Benson Road Grays Essex RM17 6DL
Received 13 May 202660 Second Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DS
Received 13 May 2026Cluny Lodge 70 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8BH
Received 14 May 2026Hathaway Secondhand 1 Kingston Parade Hathaway Road Grays Essex RM17 5LG
Received 14 May 2026268 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM16 2TH
Received 14 May 2026Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 14 May 2026Morrisons London Road Grays Essex RM17 5XZ
Received 14 May 2026152 Abbotts Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7BW
Received 14 May 2026Greenwise Nurseries Vange Park Road Vange Essex SS16 5LA
Received 14 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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