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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.
5,262 approved · 1,005 refused · 158 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Hazel Close Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 5GT
Received 30 Mar 202218 Ford Close Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6JZ
Received 30 Mar 20229 Chestnut Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 9JF
Received 30 Mar 202292 Mountnessing Road Billericay Essex CM12 9EZ
Received 31 Mar 20221 Foxleigh Close Billericay Essex CM12 9NZ
Received 31 Mar 202280 Berry Lane Langdon Hills Basildon Essex SS16 6AP
Received 31 Mar 202261 South Ridge Billericay Essex CM11 2ER
Received 31 Mar 2022109 Mountnessing Road Billericay Essex
Received 23 Mar 2022Lympstone Burnt Mills Road Pitsea Essex SS13 1DT
Received 25 Mar 202215 Jacqueline Gardens Billericay Essex CM12 0PL
Received 28 Mar 2022Barn Cottage Tye Common Road Little Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9SS
Received 31 Mar 2022Riverview Centre 9 Clay Hill Road Basildon Essex SS16 4NE
Received 31 Mar 2022Woodvalley Farm Outwood Common Road Billericay Essex CM11 1HN
Received 31 Mar 202258 Falstones Basildon Essex SS15 5BX
Received 28 Mar 20228 Barra Glade Wickford Essex SS12 9GU
Received 31 Mar 202230 Rectory Grove Wickford Essex SS11 8ER
Received 29 Mar 20226 Tylers Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 0RA
Received 31 Mar 2022Manhattan Lee Chapel Lane Langdon Hills Essex SS16 5NX
Received 31 Mar 202216 Devereux Way Billericay Essex CM12 0YS
Received 1 Apr 202214 Crown Close Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 2RA
Received 1 Apr 2022Express House High Road Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6DS
Received 1 Apr 2022Essex Retail Packers Unit 9 Harvey Road Basildon Essex SS13 1QJ
Received 1 Apr 2022259 Noak Hill Road Great Burstead Billericay Essex CM12 9UN
Received 1 Apr 2022325B Perry Street Billericay Essex CM12 0RF
Received 1 Apr 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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