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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.
3,663 approved · 667 refused · 123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West Of Park Lane And North Of Lance Corporal Nicky Mason Way Aveley Essex
Received 4 Sept 2026Land Adjacent The Croft Church Road Bulphan Essex
Received 7 Sept 2026Kings House The Green West Tilbury Essex RM18 8TU
Received 7 Sept 2026Kings House The Green West Tilbury Essex RM18 8TU
Received 7 Sept 2026170 Heath Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 3AP
Received 8 Sept 202615 Dickens Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8HJ
Received 8 Sept 2026Grays Park Centre And Former Adult Community College Richmond Road Grays Essex
Received 9 Sept 2026Land North Of Long Lane At Grey Goose Farm Stifford Clays Road Stifford Clays Grays Essex
Received 9 Sept 202632 Whitmore Avenue Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2HX
Received 10 Sept 20268 Erriff Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 5AN
Received 11 Sept 2026Woodland Adjacent Hodges Close And Hopewell Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex
Received 11 Sept 2026116 Rectory Road Grays Essex RM17 6AG
Received 11 Sept 2026Partyman World Unit 9 The Boardwalk Lakeside Shopping Centre West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 2ZN
Received 11 Sept 202630 Lucas Road Grays Essex RM17 5AJ
Received 14 Sept 202649 Hathaway Road Grays Essex RM17 5LB
Received 14 Sept 2026Land Adjacent Echo Farm South Road And Mollands Lane South Ockendon Essex
Received 14 Sept 2026Land Adjacent Railway Line And Footbridge At Orchard Close South Ockendon Essex
Received 14 Sept 20261 Tasmania House Hobart Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7SP
Received 14 Sept 2026Land At Hill Farm Old Church Hill Langdon Hills Essex
Received 14 Sept 2026International Timber London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1RE
Received 14 Sept 20261 Magnolia Close South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TE
Received 15 Sept 202651 Harvey Grays Essex RM16 2TX
Received 16 Sept 202621 Cheelson Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6QD
Received 16 Sept 2026151 Lodge Lane Grays Essex RM17 5PS
Received 16 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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