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.
3,663 approved · 667 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ell A Mar 245 Branksome Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8DF
Received 24 Sept 202623 Conrad Road Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 0AT
Received 24 Sept 2026London City Bond Thurrock 162 Barclay Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 3AX
Received 24 Sept 202611 Belmont Road Grays Essex RM17 5YJ
Received 24 Sept 2026Land South Of Marsh Farm Marsh Lane Fobbing Essex
Received 24 Sept 20261 Waverley Gardens Grays Essex RM16 2TJ
Received 25 Sept 20265 Stephenson Avenue Tilbury Essex RM18 8XB
Received 28 Sept 20268 San Juan Drive Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6LQ
Received 28 Sept 2026Police Station Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex RM15 5EH
Received 28 Sept 20268 Hyde Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RR
Received 28 Sept 20262 St Georges Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5XB
Received 28 Sept 2026Dummy Properties Outside Thurrock
Received 28 Sept 2026Land Adjacent Biggin Lane And Chadwell Hill Chadwell St Mary Essex
Received 29 Sept 2026Land Adjacent Echo Farm South Road And Mollands Lane South Ockendon Essex
Received 29 Sept 202611 Alexandra Way East Tilbury Essex RM18 8NT
Received 29 Sept 202622 Arundel Drive Corringham Essex SS17 7PG
Received 29 Sept 2026Thames House St Andrews Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7EH
Received 29 Sept 20265 Hollow Cottages London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1QP
Received 29 Sept 202612 Lytton Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4EU
Received 29 Sept 202686 Clarence Road Grays Essex RM17 6RA
Received 29 Sept 20262 Feryby Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4SS
Received 30 Sept 202610 Third Avenue Stanford Le Hope Essex SS17 8EW
Received 30 Sept 202696 Christchurch Road Tilbury Essex RM18 7RD
Received 30 Sept 2026136 Long Lane Stifford Clays Grays Essex RM16 2PS
Received 30 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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