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.
5,267 approved · 1,006 refused · 158 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
The Willows Crays Hill Road Billericay Essex CM11 2YP
Received 1 Apr 202211 Fletcher Drive Wickford Essex SS12 9FA
Received 1 Apr 202220 Castledon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0EL
Received 1 Apr 2022Land Adjacent To Unit 8, Falcon Park Luckyn Lane Basildon Essex
Received 1 Apr 20228 West Thorpe Barstable Basildon Essex SS14 1LU
Received 2 Apr 20229 Nevendon Mews Basildon Essex SS13 1GL
Received 4 Apr 20225 Popes Crescent Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 3AD
Received 4 Apr 20225 Popes Crescent Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 3AD
Received 4 Apr 20222 Holden Road Basildon Essex SS14 3LD
Received 4 Apr 2022The Gables Clarence Road Bowers Gifford Basildon Essex SS13 2JW
Received 24 Mar 202222 Castledon Road Wickford Essex SS12 0EL
Received 4 Apr 20226 Rectory Park Drive Pitsea Basildon Essex SS13 3DW
Received 4 Apr 202227 Stansted Close Billericay Essex CM11 2LD
Received 5 Apr 2022148 Rectory Road Pitsea Essex SS13 2AJ
Received 5 Apr 202222 Gordon Close Billericay Essex CM12 0HX
Received 5 Apr 202219 Glebe Road Wickford Essex SS11 8ET
Received 1 Apr 20225 Handleys Chase Noak Bridge Basildon Essex SS15 4JB
Received 5 Apr 2022258 Rectory Road Pitsea Essex SS13 1AQ
Received 6 Apr 2022Queens Park Court Goldington Crescent Billericay Essex
Received 6 Apr 202283 Great Spenders Basildon Essex SS14 2NS
Received 6 Apr 202249 Merrylands Laindon Basildon Essex SS15 6RD
Received 7 Apr 202280 Tyelands Billericay Essex CM12 9PB
Received 7 Apr 202220 High View Rise Crays Hill Billericay Essex CM11 2XU
Received 7 Apr 202256 Monarch Close Wickford Essex SS11 8GF
Received 8 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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