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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.
3,622 approved · 664 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Hollow Cottages London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1QP
Received 22 May 20268 Hollow Cottages London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1QP
Received 22 May 202638 Cawdor Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RF
Received 25 May 202689 Heath View Road Grays Essex RM16 2RT
Received 25 May 2026Namashkar Meesons Lane Grays Essex RM17 5HR
Received 26 May 20268 Chichester Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6DJ
Received 26 May 202628 Ashway Corringham Essex SS17 9EB
Received 26 May 2026Brayley Honda 72 - 86 Orsett Road Grays Essex RM17 5EL
Received 26 May 2026137 High Road Orsett Essex RM16 3LD
Received 26 May 2026Unit 610 The Quay Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2AD
Received 27 May 202617 Essex Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3JA
Received 27 May 2026Thurrock Shopping Park Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex
Received 28 May 202620 Balmoral Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7PD
Received 28 May 202633 High Road North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UF
Received 28 May 2026Unit 229 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 29 May 20267 Harding Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4XD
Received 29 May 20266 Moss Bank Meesons Lane Grays Essex RM17 5EF
Received 29 May 2026Police Station Brooke Road Grays Essex RM17 5BX
Received 29 May 2026Deneburn Old Hill Avenue Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6JE
Received 29 May 2026HyPort Land Adjacent Sub Station Tilbury 2 New Port Approach Tilbury Essex
Received 29 May 2026Baddoo Motors Unit 1 Kent Road Grays Essex RM17 6DF
Received 29 May 202633 Saffron Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6NA
Received 1 Jun 202674 Grovelands Way Grays Essex RM17 5YG
Received 1 Jun 202680 River View Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BD
Received 1 Jun 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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