Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,628 approved · 664 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land Part Of Car Park West Thurrock Retail Park Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex
Received 5 Jun 2026Development Site For Energy Plant Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex
Received 8 Jun 202636A Caldwell Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0LP
Received 5 Jun 2026Loft Hall Brentwood Road Orsett Essex RM16 3BD
Received 8 Jun 2026161 Palmerston Road South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4YL
Received 8 Jun 2026Orsett Hall Prince Charles Avenue Orsett Essex RM16 3HS
Received 8 Jun 2026Waverley Lower Dunton Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8QD
Received 8 Jun 20269 Kensington Gardens Coronation Avenue East Tilbury Essex RM18 8SR
Received 8 Jun 2026Hall House Blue Anchor Lane West Tilbury Essex RM18 8TT
Received 8 Jun 202647 Duarte Place Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6PH
Received 9 Jun 202641 Palmers Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5TX
Received 9 Jun 202617 Church Lane Bulphan Essex RM14 3TP
Received 10 Jun 202654 Ruskin Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4HB
Received 10 Jun 2026Brick Lane Bagel Co 66B Woodbrooke Way Corringham Essex SS17 9DW
Received 10 Jun 20266 Prince Philip Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2BS
Received 11 Jun 202640 Stour Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4BU
Received 11 Jun 2026103 Connaught Avenue Grays Essex RM16 2XT
Received 9 Jun 202621 Bristowe Drive Orsett Essex RM16 3DB
Received 11 Jun 2026Nabco Off Licence 6 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NH
Received 11 Jun 2026Telecommunications Equipment Hays Network Distribution Arisdale Avenue South Ockendon Essex
Received 10 Jun 202677 Fullarton Crescent South Ockendon Essex RM15 5HZ
Received 12 Jun 202664 East Street South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XJ
Received 12 Jun 2026Bannatyne's Health Club And Spa Howard Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6YJ
Received 12 Jun 2026Four Trees Orsett Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8NR
Received 12 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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