We study (approximate) null-controllability of parabolic equations in $L_p(\mathbb{R}^d)$ and provide explicit bounds on the control cost. In particular we consider systems form $\dot{x}(t) = -A_p x(t) + \mathbf{1}_E u(t)$, $x(0) x_0\in L_p (\mathbb{R}^d)$, with interior a so-called thick set $E \subset \mathbb{R}^d$, where $p\in [1,\infty)$, $A$ is an elliptic operator order $m \in \mathbb{N}$...