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.
3,630 approved · 664 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Police Station Gordon Road Corringham Essex SS17 7RD
Received 12 Jun 202660 Stifford Clays Road Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2DT
Received 12 Jun 2026Sandy Lane Farm Sandy Lane Aveley Essex
Received 15 Jun 202615 Pembroke Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7PN
Received 15 Jun 20261 Adstock Way Grays Essex RM17 5EG
Received 15 Jun 2026Seras Energy New Port Approach Tilbury Essex RM18 7NR
Received 11 Jun 20268 Dove Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6ES
Received 15 Jun 2026St Cleres School Butts Lane Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NW
Received 12 Jun 2026Land Adjacent Readmans Industrial Estate Station Road East Tilbury Essex
Received 15 Jun 20264 Medina Road Grays Essex RM17 6AQ
Received 16 Jun 202650 Stanford Gardens Aveley Essex RM15 4BU
Received 16 Jun 202611 Victoria Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8NA
Received 16 Jun 2026101 Curling Lane Grays Essex RM17 5JJ
Received 17 Jun 202649 Lenthall Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5AT
Received 17 Jun 2026Heath Farm Farm Lane Grays Essex
Received 17 Jun 2026Travelodge Hotels Ltd Alexandra Lake West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2AB
Received 18 Jun 2026Land Adjacent Aquatic Lodge Robinson Road Horndon On The Hill Essex
Received 18 Jun 2026Rear Of 16 London Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0LD
Received 18 Jun 202637 Rectory Road Grays Essex RM17 6BA
Received 18 Jun 2026Land South Of Marsh Farm Marsh Lane Fobbing Essex
Received 19 Jun 202652 St Chads Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8LA
Received 19 Jun 202688A Hogg Lane Grays Essex RM17 5QT
Received 19 Jun 2026199 Whitmore Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HT
Received 19 Jun 2026Bulk 250 Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3LJ
Received 19 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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