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.
3,640 approved · 667 refused · 121 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Kershaw Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RN
Received 2 Jul 202696 Christchurch Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7RD
Received 2 Jul 202696 Christchurch Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7RD
Received 2 Jul 202696 Christchurch Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7RD
Received 2 Jul 202615 Medlar Road Grays Essex RM17 6TU
Received 3 Jul 2026Longacre Kirkham Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8QE
Received 3 Jul 202614 - 16 Broadway Grays Essex
Received 3 Jul 202616 Chantry Crescent Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0DN
Received 6 Jul 2026St John The Baptist Church Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 6 Jul 2026St John The Baptist Church Mucking Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 6 Jul 2026The Archer Garron Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5JU
Received 6 Jul 2026Enso Energy Land Adjacent Fen Farm Judds Farm And Part Of Bulphan Fen Harrow Lane Bulphan Essex
Received 6 Jul 20267 Long Court Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1GA
Received 6 Jul 202652 Norfolk Place Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6DE
Received 6 Jul 2026Treacle Mine Roundabout Lodge Lane Grays Essex
Received 6 Jul 202621 Meadway Grays Essex RM17 5TA
Received 7 Jul 202613 Dorset Gardens Linford Essex SS17 0QB
Received 7 Jul 2026Thurrock Football Club Ship Lane Purfleet-on-Thames Essex RM19 1YN
Received 7 Jul 2026Garage Site Lyndhurst Road Corringham Essex
Received 7 Jul 2026Land Adjacent Railway Line And Tamarisk Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 7 Jul 2026Petrol Filling Station Morrisons London Road Grays Essex RM17 5XZ
Received 7 Jul 2026Land At Former Library And Public Hall Purfleet Road Aveley Essex
Received 8 Jul 202615 Hatton Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RP
Received 8 Jul 2026Land Adjacent Hangmans Wood And Hangmans Wood Industrial Park Stifford Road South Ockendon Essex
Received 8 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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