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3,663 approved · 667 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Hillcrest Avenue West Thurrock Essex RM20 3DA
Received 30 Sept 2026Land To Rear Of 57 To 71 And 63 Wharf Road Stanford Le Hope Essex
Received 30 Sept 202647 Francisco Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6YE
Received 1 Oct 2026Land Adjacent Echo Farm South Road And Mollands Lane South Ockendon Essex
Received 1 Oct 2026South Manor Marshfoot Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4LU
Received 1 Oct 2026MJL Holdings Motherwell Way West Thurrock Essex RM20 3XD
Received 1 Oct 202632 Carew Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6RZ
Received 30 Sept 2026Meadow Farm East Tilbury Road Linford Essex SS17 0QS
Received 2 Oct 2026Land Part Of Car Park West Thurrock Retail Park Weston Avenue West Thurrock Essex
Received 2 Oct 202610 Mary Rose Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex RM16 6LY
Received 2 Oct 2026Nisalocal 5 Canterbury Parade South Road South Ockendon Essex RM15 6NH
Received 5 Oct 2026Cobwebs Meesons Lane Grays Essex RM17 5HR
Received 5 Oct 20261 Botany Terrace London Road Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1QR
Received 5 Oct 2026Sacred Heart Cottage Oxford Road Horndon On The Hill Essex SS17 8PX
Received 5 Oct 202640 Wood Avenue Purfleet-on-thames Essex RM19 1TL
Received 5 Oct 2026STREET RECORD High Road Fobbing Essex
Received 5 Oct 2026Development Site For Energy Plant Port Of Tilbury Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex
Received 5 Oct 202685 Brennan Road Tilbury Essex RM18 8AL
Received 5 Oct 20262 Feryby Road Chadwell St Mary Essex RM16 4SS
Received 5 Oct 2026Beauchamp Place Malvern Road Grays Essex RM17 5TH
Received 5 Oct 2026Corringham Dairy Company 53 Lampits Hill Corringham Essex SS17 9AA
Received 6 Oct 20264 Heathfield Cottages Argent Street Grays Essex RM17 6GG
Received 6 Oct 202628 Ward Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5RE
Received 6 Oct 2026Sub Station 2 Telephone Exchange London Road Aveley Essex
Received 6 Oct 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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