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.
3,646 approved · 667 refused · 122 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coryton Advanced Fuels Ltd The Manorway Coryton Essex SS17 9LN
Received 15 Jul 2026Medina Farm Dennises Lane Upminster Essex RM14 2XB
Received 7 May 2026Land Adjacent 110 And Stables High Road Orsett Essex
Received 15 Jul 2026Garage Site Lyndhurst Road Corringham Essex
Received 16 Jul 2026Cobblers Mede Lake Herd Lane Corringham Essex
Received 16 Jul 20266 Woodward Heights Grays Essex RM17 5RR
Received 17 Jul 2026130 Crammavill Street Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2AN
Received 17 Jul 2026The Robins High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9HG
Received 17 Jul 2026Hill Farm South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6RR
Received 17 Jul 202648 Rookery View Grays Essex RM17 6AU
Received 17 Jul 2026A G Young & Son Curtis Farm High Road Fobbing Essex SS17 9JJ
Received 17 Jul 202643 Marlborough Close Grays Essex RM16 2SU
Received 20 Jul 2026151 Southend Road Grays Essex RM17 5NP
Received 20 Jul 2026Sacred Heart Cottage Oxford Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PX
Received 20 Jul 2026School House Annalee Gardens South Ockendon Essex RM15 5DE
Received 20 Jul 2026Sacred Heart Cottage Oxford Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PX
Received 20 Jul 2026Sacred Heart Cottage Oxford Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PX
Received 20 Jul 2026Sacred Heart Cottage Oxford Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PX
Received 20 Jul 2026Food Warehouse Unit 11A The Junction Thurrock Shopping Park Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3LP
Received 20 Jul 2026Amazon Unit 2 Tower Thurrock Oliver Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3ED
Received 20 Jul 2026HyPort Land Adjacent Sub Station Tilbury 2 New Port Approach Tilbury Essex
Received 20 Jul 202628 Lander Road Grays Essex RM17 6AX
Received 21 Jul 2026Garage Site Lyndhurst Road Corringham Essex
Received 21 Jul 2026Unit 229 Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZQ
Received 21 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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