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 Basildon Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,195 approved · 992 refused · 153 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2019 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
256 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UP
Received 18 Feb 20225 Page Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2HP
Received 19 Feb 20221 Hallam Court Billericay Essex CM12 0JY
Received 19 Feb 202265 Botelers Basildon Essex SS16 5SD
Received 20 Feb 2022Limni Lodge 259A Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UN
Received 21 Feb 2022Pace Laindon Service Station Southend Arterial Road Dunton Basildon Essex SS15 6DP
Received 21 Feb 2022Rogate The Chase Nevendon Wickford Essex SS12 9EX
Received 21 Feb 2022St Marys Newhouse Avenue Wickford Essex SS12 0JY
Received 16 Feb 202236 Ramsay Drive Basildon SS16 4RR
Received 21 Feb 2022Jeakins Removals Limited Denbigh Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6PY
Received 22 Feb 202215 Carlyle Gardens Wickford Essex SS12 9LJ
Received 22 Feb 2022Lockers Hall Southend Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9QQ
Received 22 Feb 202225 Kenley Close Shotgate Wickford SS11 8XL
Received 22 Feb 202217 Vowler Road Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6AG
Received 22 Feb 202216 Passingham Close Billericay Essex CM11 2TH
Received 22 Feb 202261 St Mary's Crescent Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2AR
Received 22 Feb 20222 Pipps Hill Cottage Pipps Hill Road North Billericay CM11 2UJ
Received 22 Feb 202236 Fauners Basildon Essex SS16 5AP
Received 22 Feb 202216 Central Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0QZ
Received 22 Feb 2022Land At Gardiners Lane South Gardiners Lane South Basildon Essex
Received 23 Feb 202217 Hengist Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 7EL
Received 23 Feb 202216A Oakhurst Close Wickford Essex SS12 0NP
Received 23 Feb 2022177 Forest Glade Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6SX
Received 23 Feb 2022Charles House Grey Lady Place Billericay Essex
Received 23 Feb 2022Records 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 Basildon Borough 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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