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.
3,639 approved · 666 refused · 121 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Manor House Corringham Park Farm One Tree Hill Corringham Essex SS17 9NH
Received 29 Jun 202685 Priory Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 7EN
Received 29 Jun 202686 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6RA
Received 29 Jun 2026Dogwood High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JD
Received 29 Jun 2026103 Bradleigh Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RH
Received 30 Jun 2026Bannatyne's Health Club And Spa Howard Road Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6YJ
Received 30 Jun 2026179 Blackshots Lane Grays Essex RM16 2LL
Received 22 Jun 2026Telecommunications Mast Rear Of 57 Orsett Road Grays Essex
Received 29 Jun 20261 Sexton Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7BA
Received 30 Jun 202686 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6RA
Received 30 Jun 202686 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6RA
Received 30 Jun 202664 Giffords Cross Road Corringham Essex SS17 7QQ
Received 30 Jun 2026344 South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6EB
Received 1 Jul 202611 Belmont Road Grays Essex RM17 5YJ
Received 1 Jul 2026The Stables Chadwell Hill Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4DL
Received 1 Jul 202635 Kynoch Court Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0AF
Received 1 Jul 202645 Annalee Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 5BZ
Received 1 Jul 2026149 Prince Philip Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2DJ
Received 1 Jul 2026235 Daiglen Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AF
Received 2 Jul 2026Telephone Exchange Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex
Received 2 Jul 2026Units G H And I Hume Avenue Tilbury Essex
Received 2 Jul 2026199 Whitmore Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HT
Received 2 Jul 2026Arlenka 36 Parker Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8HX
Received 2 Jul 2026133 Dock Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7BT
Received 2 Jul 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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