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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3,620 approved · 664 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Richelieu Hillcrest Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8NE
Received 14 May 20264 Woodend Close Grays Essex RM17 5FN
Received 15 May 2026Garage Area Rear Of 33 To 53 Vigerons Way Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 15 May 2026Building 13 Thames Industrial Park Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex RM18 8RH
Received 15 May 2026Portland Lodge Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TJ
Received 15 May 2026Rainbow Acres Stifford Clays Road Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 3NP
Received 18 May 2026Mandrake 135 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8BN
Received 18 May 202696 Connaught Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2XT
Received 18 May 202696 Connaught Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2XT
Received 18 May 2026Land Adjacent Gammon Stables Farmhouse Baker Street Orsett Essex
Received 15 May 2026Gammon Stables Farmhouse Baker Street Orsett Essex RM16 3LJ
Received 15 May 2026The Swain Group Distribution Compound London Gateway Container Terminal London Gateway Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9DY
Received 18 May 2026Land Opposite Chapel Farm To The West Of Baker Street Orsett Essex
Received 15 May 2026Units G H And I Hume Avenue Tilbury Essex
Received 18 May 202646 Cullen Square South Ockendon Essex RM15 6AB
Received 18 May 2026Telecommunications Equipment Outside 203 Lodge Lane Grays Essex
Received 18 May 2026191 Crammavill Street Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AQ
Received 18 May 202645 Hyde Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RR
Received 18 May 2026South 3 Pacific Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 18 May 20262 Farm Drive Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2LY
Received 19 May 2026Land Adjacent Silverside Vange Park Road Vange Essex
Received 19 May 2026104 Thames Crescent Corringham Essex SS17 9DZ
Received 19 May 2026Land Adjacent Snake Spinney And New Covert Brentwood Road Orsett Essex
Received 19 May 2026Cliff House Meesons Lane Grays Essex RM17 5HR
Received 15 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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