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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.
5,253 approved · 1,003 refused · 157 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Edward Gardens Wickford Essex SS11 7EH
Received 18 Mar 202211 Shakespeare Avenue Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6DJ
Received 21 Mar 2022210 Norsey Road Billericay Essex CM11 1DB
Received 24 Mar 20227 London Road Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2UR
Received 24 Mar 2022Faraway Thames View Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 5LN
Received 25 Mar 202277 Southend Road Wickford Essex SS11 8DX
Received 25 Mar 20226 Friern Place Wickford Essex SS12 0JA
Received 25 Mar 20225 Martingale Road Billericay Essex CM11 1SG
Received 25 Mar 2022Pine Cottage Church Road Ramsden Bellhouse Billericay Essex CM11 1RR
Received 26 Mar 202211 Shakespeare Avenue Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6DJ
Received 27 Mar 202210 Lutea Close Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 4HB
Received 28 Mar 2022Lympstone Burnt Mills Road Pitsea Essex SS13 1DT
Received 28 Mar 20225 Montpelier Close Billericay Essex CM12 0UH
Received 28 Mar 2022139 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UJ
Received 28 Mar 202215 Wick Lane Wickford Essex SS11 8AS
Received 28 Mar 20224 Copperfield Billericay Essex CM11 2SB
Received 28 Mar 20227 The Firle Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6NB
Received 28 Mar 202213 Longfield Road Shotgate Wickford Essex SS11 8PU
Received 29 Mar 2022225A Stock Road Billericay Essex CM12 0SG
Received 29 Mar 20227 Burns Close Billericay Essex CM11 1LS
Received 29 Mar 2022Land Corner Of Studland Avenue And Southbourne Grove Studland Avenue Wickford Essex
Received 30 Mar 202217 Pound Lane Laindon Essex SS15 5ST
Received 30 Mar 202259 Station Road Billericay Essex CM12 9DR
Received 30 Mar 2022Spinnakers Laindon Common Road Billericay Essex CM12 9TD
Received 30 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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