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.
5,243 approved · 1,000 refused · 156 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
95 Pound Lane Laindon Essex SS15 5SP
Received 15 Mar 202284 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BT
Received 15 Mar 2022Highview 173 London Road Wickford Essex SS12 0EX
Received 16 Mar 2022129 Tyelands Billericay Essex CM12 9PB
Received 16 Mar 202261 Maplestead Basildon Essex SS14 2ST
Received 16 Mar 2022Specsavers 9A Town Square Basildon Essex SS14 1DZ
Received 16 Mar 2022Springhaven 8 Hawkesbury Bush Lane Vange SS16 5JS
Received 16 Mar 2022Tompkins Farm London Road Vange Essex SS16 4PR
Received 16 Mar 20225 Sadlers Close Billericay Essex CM11 1SB
Received 16 Mar 2022Land At Gardiners Lane South Gardiners Lane South Basildon Essex
Received 9 Mar 2022Shot Farm Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8RZ
Received 9 Mar 20227 Browning Drive Wickford Essex SS12 0PS
Received 16 Mar 20221 Highcliffe Close Wickford Essex SS11 8JZ
Received 17 Mar 2022Land At Southlands Road Crays Hill Billericay Essex
Received 17 Mar 20221 Holly Grove Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6SB
Received 17 Mar 2022Wheatleys Orchard Avenue Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex
Received 17 Mar 202226 Hillhouse Drive Billericay Essex CM12 0BA
Received 13 Mar 2022Charlot Lower Avenue Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2LZ
Received 15 Mar 202247 - 49 Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0AR
Received 17 Mar 202219 The Grove Billericay Essex CM11 1AU
Received 17 Mar 202235 The Firle Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6NB
Received 18 Mar 2022105 Hill Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8LP
Received 18 Mar 202239 Crouch Street Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4BA
Received 18 Mar 202231 Kings Way Billericay Essex CM11 2QF
Received 18 Mar 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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