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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.
3,634 approved · 665 refused · 121 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chafford Hundred Medical Centre Drake Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RS
Received 24 Jun 202637A Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NH
Received 24 Jun 2026Spice Hut 11 Broadway Grays Essex RM17 6EW
Received 25 Jun 202672 Francisco Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6YD
Received 25 Jun 2026Bells Corner Service Station Bells Corner Parade Southend Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HD
Received 25 Jun 202639 Cawdor Avenue South Ockendon Essex RM15 5RF
Received 25 Jun 2026Land Adjacent Buckingham Hill Road And Stanford Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 25 Jun 2026DP World London Gateway Logistics Park London Gateway Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 24 Jun 202610 Mary Rose Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6LY
Received 25 Jun 202627 Victory Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RT
Received 25 Jun 2026Church Cottage Church Road Corringham Essex SS17 9AT
Received 25 Jun 2026Units G H And I Hume Avenue Tilbury Essex
Received 26 Jun 202659 South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6NS
Received 26 Jun 202638 Copland Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0DF
Received 26 Jun 202682 Prospect Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0NJ
Received 26 Jun 202649 Draper Close West Thurrock Essex RM20 4BL
Received 29 Jun 202618 Bredle Way Aveley Essex RM15 4ES
Received 29 Jun 2026Hollyrose House 116 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM16 2UL
Received 29 Jun 2026208 Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2QA
Received 29 Jun 202635 Crofton Road Grays Essex RM16 2GY
Received 29 Jun 2026Lydden Clockhouse Lane North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UR
Received 29 Jun 2026Workshop Adjacent And Timber Mews Rear Of 1 Chadwell Road Grays Essex
Received 25 Jun 2026Cosco Shipping North 4 North Sea Crossing Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 9ER
Received 29 Jun 2026South Essex Wildlife Hospital Orsett Road Horndon On The Hill Essex RM16 3BH
Received 27 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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