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.
3,642 approved · 667 refused · 122 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thames Enterprise Centre Trafalgar House Princess Margaret Road East Tilbury Essex
Received 8 Jul 202635 Lucas Road Grays Essex RM17 5AJ
Received 8 Jul 2026Costco Wholesale West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 3WY
Received 8 Jul 20264 Groves Farm Cottages North Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6SS
Received 8 Jul 202627 Gardner Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7SE
Received 9 Jul 20262 First Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3JR
Received 9 Jul 202654 Stifford Road Aveley Essex RM15 4AA
Received 9 Jul 2026Inn On The Green The Green Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0ER
Received 9 Jul 2026Inn On The Green The Green Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0ER
Received 9 Jul 202651 Heath View Road Grays Essex RM16 2RS
Received 10 Jul 202651 Heath View Road Grays Essex RM16 2RS
Received 10 Jul 202678 Courtney Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4TY
Received 10 Jul 2026Berth 5 London Gateway Drive Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 10 Jul 2026Land To Rear Of 46 To 78 Bankfoot Adjacent Hogg Lane Grays Essex
Received 13 Jul 20265 Chamberlain Avenue Corringham Essex SS17 7PA
Received 13 Jul 202639 Kipling Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8HF
Received 13 Jul 202656 Rushdon Close Grays Essex RM17 5QW
Received 13 Jul 202644 Charlton Street South Stifford Grays Essex RM20 4XU
Received 13 Jul 202634 Second Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DS
Received 14 Jul 202623 Argent Street Grays Essex RM17 6NZ
Received 14 Jul 202611 Belmont Road Grays Essex RM17 5YJ
Received 14 Jul 2026New World 140 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6RD
Received 15 Jul 202611 Belmont Road Grays Essex RM17 5YJ
Received 15 Jul 202629 And 31 Devonshire Close Grays Essex
Received 15 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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