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.
3,661 approved · 667 refused · 123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Telecommunications Mast Tasmania House Hobart Road Tilbury Essex
Received 27 Aug 2026Land Adjacent Buckingham Hill Road And Stanford Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 27 Aug 202612 Kendale Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4SL
Received 28 Aug 2026Land Adjacent Dell Road And Orsett Road Grays Essex
Received 28 Aug 2026Telephone Exchange London Road Aveley Essex RM15 4XU
Received 28 Aug 2026Jemaine 3 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8AZ
Received 31 Aug 202615 Kersbrooke Way Corringham Essex SS17 9EH
Received 31 Aug 2026Mission Hall Bells Hill Road Vange Essex
Received 31 Aug 20268 Malthouse Drive Grays Essex RM17 5FA
Received 31 Aug 202655 Annalee Gardens South Ockendon Essex RM15 5DE
Received 1 Sept 202641 Joslin Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1RX
Received 1 Sept 2026117 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5SF
Received 1 Sept 2026Tilbury Riverside Station Ferry Road Tilbury Essex
Received 1 Sept 2026Essex Partnership University NHS Trust Thurrock Community Hospital Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2PX
Received 1 Sept 2026Tilbury Riverside Station Ferry Road Tilbury Essex
Received 1 Sept 2026The Croft Church Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TH
Received 1 Sept 2026Former Warren Lane Playing Field Warren Lane Grays Essex
Received 2 Sept 202627 Digby Road Corringham Essex SS17 9BS
Received 2 Sept 202652 Fairfax Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7BB
Received 2 Sept 20261 Guardian Avenue North Stifford Grays Essex RM16 5UP
Received 2 Sept 2026Plot E Thames Enterprise Park The Manorway Coryton Essex
Received 25 Aug 202637 Parnell Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6BQ
Received 3 Sept 2026Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7NU
Received 4 Sept 2026Land And Tennis Court Tyelands Farm House South Hill Langdon Hills Essex
Received 4 Sept 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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